catastrophically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The failure the pope describes consists in an institution’s confidently drawing the boundaries of moral concern with its most authoritative tools, holding that line for centuries, and turning out to be catastrophically wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The building blocks of a judgement call Sir Keir now acknowledges he got catastrophically wrong are being scrutinised daily.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
That combination is most plausible if oil prices stay elevated, but not catastrophically so.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
She said she has been openly critical of the Fire Department’s failure to pre-deploy firefighters amid forecasts of catastrophically high winds — and would have no interest in hiding such information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Yet it is also true that the very same troubles that loom catastrophically large one day can seem like small potatoes the next, particularly if even worse troubles have popped up to take their place.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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