phenomenally

C1
US /fəˈnɑːmənəli/
adv Freq #51913

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    to a phenomenal degree

    The dog's reaction was phenomenally quick.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a manner that is extraordinary or amazing.

    The tennis player's serve was phenomenally fast.

  3. 3
    adv

    In terms of phenomena.

    The 'old-look' and the 'bald-pink-and-wrinkled-look' are, in this context at least, one and the same. Phenomenally speaking, that is, the predicates 'old' and 'bald, pink, and wrinkled' here are equivalent […]

Etymology

From phenomenal + -ly.

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Derived forms superphenomenally
Related forms phenomenalphenomenalismphenomenalisticphenomenologyphenomenon

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