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Definition of dramatically adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dramatically

adverb
 
/drəˈmætɪkli/
 
/drəˈmætɪkli/
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  1. very suddenly and to a very great and often surprising degree
    • Prices have fallen dramatically.
    • Prices have increased dramatically in the last few years.
    • Events could have developed in a dramatically different way.
    • Since then the situation has changed dramatically.
  2. in a way that is exciting and impressive
    • The mountains rose dramatically behind them.
  3. in a way that is connected with the theatre or plays
    • The opera does not compare musically or dramatically with the composer's best work.
  4. in a way that is exaggerated in order to create a special effect and attract people's attention
    • ‘At last!’ she cried dramatically.
See dramatically in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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