FABULOUSLY Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

fabulously

adverb

Definition of fabulously

as in extremely

to a great degree our fabulously wealthy neighbors

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Recent Examples of fabulously The jump to the fabulously successful King Kong (1933) wasn’t a long one. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 18 May 2026 For others, the salary cap proposal demonstrates pure greed from owners who are all fabulously wealthy yet perennially crying poor. — David Faris, TheWeek, 15 June 2026 Just a fabulously delicious wine. — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Episodic television represents a new frontier for Cage, an actor who, despite having a fabulously eclectic body of work to his name, had not embraced the small screen. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 Either way, a fabulously wealthy man has just gotten fabulously wealthier, as has his fabulously huge company. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 June 2026 That’s manifest fabulously well here by Cedric and Santiago-Hudson. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 Alexander and Stephan Papp, the urbane brothers and qualified doctors behind this wellness resort, have over 50 years of medical experience between them and the latest state-of-the-art equipment on hand to ensure that learning to live longer for guests is also fabulously good fun. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026 Lucky, a longtime associate of the Dar brothers’ father, is always fabulously dressed and utterly unburdened by conscience—but in season 2 of Deli Boys, her world is expanded by way of a brand-new relationship with fellow crime boss Max Sugar (Fred Armisen). — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 May 2026

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Adverb

The team turned to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, a stadium-sized synchrotron facility that produces extremely bright X-ray beams.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
Teasing out the impact of a small dose of radiation that occurs in addition to all those other exposures is extremely challenging, and the impact of extremely low exposures has not been decisively demonstrated.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

Definition of extremely

Adverb

Despite consuming mass quantities of high-calorie foods during competition season, most professional competitive eaters are very lean.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Music icon Taylor Swift and football star Travis Kelce, who announced their engagement in August 2025, are anticipated to tie the knot very soon.

— Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Definition of very

Adverb

But everyone on the Spurs shot terribly from deep in the clutch.

— Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Wonderfully and terribly, everything does happen for Maddie after her adoring bear of a husband, Jake (Eric Rahill), makes a cooking video of her that goes massively viral.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of terribly

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New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
This cucumber-and-onion dip meshes both flavors from the beloved Southern appetizers to make a zesty, creamy dish that will be highly appreciated at any party.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 1 July 2026

Definition of highly

Adverb

Traditional studios might adopt Chinese models for some preproduction tasks such as concepting, but the geopolitical and intellectual property risks for commercial generations are too prohibitive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
His father, Brian Cohn, jumped into the pool to try to pull him out, but the suction from the drain was too strong.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of too

Adverb

Listening to Gish, recently reissued on vinyl for its 35th anniversary, is a good reminder that the Smashing Pumpkins started out a damned fine rock band.

— David Harris, SPIN, 2 June 2026
But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of damned

Adverb

On the way to the oyster farm, Luke asks about a ring Joy is wearing, which turns out to be from an engagement that ended badly.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026
Two men were badly burned—one died, and the other remains hospitalized—and the Fiorella’s owners lost two more skiffs.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

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