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REMARKABLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To a remarkable degree or extent
Example:
Notably missing from the network's fall line-up are any half-hour scripted comedies
Synonyms:
notably; remarkably; unco; unusually
Classified under:
Antonym:
unremarkably (under normal conditions)
Pertainym:
remarkable (unusual or striking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a signal manner
Example:
signally inappropriate methods
Synonyms:
remarkably; signally; unmistakably
Classified under:
Context examples:
“Miss Bingley told me,” said Jane, “that he never speaks much, unless among his intimate acquaintances. With them he is remarkably agreeable.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He had evidently been carried down by two persons, one of whom had remarkably small feet and the other unusually large ones.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The researchers found that a temperature difference between inside and outside has a remarkably small effect on how well a room is ventilated when ventilation is primarily driven by wind.
(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)
The inner Serpens Cloud Core is remarkably detailed in this image.
(The 'Serpent' star-forming cloud hatches new stars, NASA)
He was remarkably susceptible to music.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This unusual object - for now designated A/2017 U1 - is less than a quarter-mile (400 meters) in diameter and is moving remarkably fast.
(Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System, NASA)
His person was short but remarkably erect and his voice the sweetest I had ever heard.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
In the United States, we have Thanksgiving on November 28, as it falls very late this year, giving remarkably fewer days than usual for holiday shopping.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Miss Dashwood had a delicate complexion, regular features, and a remarkably pretty figure.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
This shell is also remarkable as it is very symmetrically round and also remarkably thin.
(Ageing Star Blows Off Smoky Bubble, ESO)
