remarkably

From remarkable + -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑːkəbli/

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• Hyphenation: re‧mark‧a‧bly

remarkably (comparative more remarkably, superlative most remarkably)

1. (manner) In a remarkable manner.

   He performed the piece remarkably, offering novel interpretations to its nearly cliched passages.

2. (degree) To a noteworthy extent.

   That dog is remarkably fierce.

   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 April 2013:

     Suggestions that those leaders are irrational and their decisions unfathomable are remarkably shallow. North Korea is not a theocracy led by zealots who preach the rewards of the afterlife.

3. (evaluative) Used to draw special attention to a proposition.

   Remarkably, three State assembly elections were decided by a total of fewer than one hundred votes.