单词 | galactically |
释义 | galacticallyadv. 1. With regard to a galaxy or galaxies; in galactic terms. ΚΠ 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 166 135 These stars, however, were not classified galactically. 1934 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 7 Feb. 6/6 The universe actually is out of balance, galactically speaking. 1989 New German Critique 47 110 If we must think galactically, another way of imagining that audience is to think of black holes, those gigantic masses which..impact gravity and satellize light. 2007 N. Angier Canon iii. 86 Inner space, outer space, galactically, atomically, no matter. We live in a universe that is largely devoid of matter. 2. To a vast extent or degree; hugely, immensely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely hugelyc1380 huge1508 enormly1538 monstruously?1548 massively1550 monstrously1602 a worlda1616 hugeouslya1643 immensely1654 vastly1664 swingingly1668 hugeous1673 gigantically1678 vast1688 swingeing1690 thumpingly1693 enormously1695 pancratically1727 immense1754 colossally1809 whooping1866 monumentally1877 pyramidically1886 pyramidally1891 galactically1968 1968 New Left Notes 19 Aug. 6/1 His chances of victory are galactically remote. 1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 18 Feb. c1 One of Beethoven's galactically spacious slow movements, which contain almost as much silence as sound. 1995 Denver Post 9 Apr. e2/4 The most galactically stupid woman who ever lived. 2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 22 July 109/4 ‘Galactically inappropriate’ gaffs—like sending a colleague a ‘strippergram’ on Take Our Daughters to Work Day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1903 |
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