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meteorically

meteorically adverb: in a meteoric manner.

Adverb

meteorically (comparative more meteorically, superlative most meteorically)

  1. In a meteoric manner.
    • The students, at least, swore by his name, and Fettes believed himself, and was believed by others, to have laid the foundations of success when he had acquired the favour of this meteorically famous man.1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Body Snatcher

Forms of meteorically

comparativemore meteorically
superlativemost meteorically

Origin of meteorically

From meteoric + -ally.

Questions about meteorically

What does meteorically mean?
Meteorically means in a meteoric manner.
What part of speech is meteorically?
Meteorically is an adverb.

Words near meteorically in the dictionary

  1. meteoric iron
  2. meteoric irons
  3. meteoric water
  4. meteoric waters
  5. meteorical
  6. meteorically
  7. meteoring
  8. meteorism
  9. meteorisms
  10. meteorist
  11. meteoristic

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