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Synonyms for dramatically

Grammar : Adv
Spell : druh-mat-ik
Phonetic Transcription : drəˈmæt ɪk

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Définition of dramatically

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Late Latin dramaticus, from Greek dramatikos "pertaining to plays," from drama (genitive dramatos; see drama). Meaning "full of action and striking display, fit for a drama" is from 1725. Dramatic irony is recorded from 1907. Related: Dramatical; dramatically.
  • As in effectively : adv efficiently
  • As in desperately : adv severely
Example sentences :
  • The tones were dramatically exact, albeit of a more resonant quality.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • "It was the night of the Full Moon," he began, dramatically.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • Where the characters are true, and dramatically represented, there can be no monotony.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • "Girls, you are saved," proclaimed Gertrude Wells dramatically.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Not slowly, not with warning, not dramatically or with trumpets.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • All the callers were gone, and she swept in to Mrs. Hill dramatically.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Dramatically it was a flawless performance; intellectually it was masterful.
  • Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
  • When she had eaten too much she would say dramatically: "I am dying!"
  • Extract from : « Germinie Lacerteux » by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
  • The third was Elias Spinks, who walked perpendicularly and dramatically.
  • Extract from : « Under the Greenwood Tree » by Thomas Hardy
  • "Maybe she has an accomplice," said Billie dramatically, and the girls giggled.
  • Extract from : « Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall » by Janet D. Wheeler

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