dramaticallyadv.
a. In a dramatic manner; from a dramatic point of view.
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a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. ii. 179 The outward frame of things Dramatically set forth.
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. viii. 57 This plea, tho' it might save me dramatically, will damn me biographically.
b. With dramatic or theatrical effect.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [adverb]
theatrically1647
dramatically1839
spectacularly1859
sensationally1860
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adverb]
scenically1625
dramatically1839
1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 367 He stalked dramatically to bed.
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