remarkably
Americanadverb
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to a notable or unusual degree; extraordinarily.
Because he was such a remarkably principled and decent man, he made a habit of responding personally to every one of his many fan letters.
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in a way that is worth taking note of.
Remarkably, this little video just happened to be exactly what I needed to prepare for my job interview.
Other Word Forms
- quasi-remarkably adverb
- unremarkably adverb
Etymology
Origin of remarkably
Example Sentences
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He may go for runs, but the average number of balls he needs to take a wicket is remarkably low.
From BBC
“They’ve been remarkably stable for more than a quarter of a century.”
From Los Angeles Times
Astronomers have obtained remarkably detailed images of two stellar explosions -- called novae -- just days after they began.
From Science Daily
To our surprise, our model worked remarkably well and the observed supernova seems to match really well the death of stars that we see regularly.
From Science Daily
“We found,” the authors write, “that all the critical conclusions about anomalies have held up remarkably well, even after decades of subsequent research.”
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