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phenomenally en · ADV

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al ▲ Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. French phénomène ▲ Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French phénoménalbor. English phenomenal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English phenomenally From phenomenal + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a manner that is extraordinary or amazing.
   • Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost. 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 40:
   • The police department lobbies phenomenally strongly against any civilian review board. 1991 February 11, Ed Boyce, quoting David Scondras, “Bashers With Badges”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 6:
   • The tennis player's serve was phenomenally fast.
2. 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 […] 2014, Berit Brogard, Does Perception Have Content?, page 97:

Forms

Deriveds

superphenomenally

Relateds

phenomenon · phenomenalistic · phenomenal · phenomenology · phenomenalism

Synonyms

extraordinarily · remarkably · prodigiously

Translations (4)

ca fenomenalment (in a phenomenal manner) · pt fenomenalmente (in a phenomenal manner) · es fenomenalmente (in a phenomenal manner) · fi ilmiömäisesti (in a phenomenal manner)