fantastically

adverb

fan·​tas·​ti·​cal·​ly fan-ˈta-sti-k(ə-)lē 

fən-

1

: in a fantastic manner

2

: to a fantastic degree : extremely

fantastically expensive clothes

Synonyms

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• enormously
• especially
• ever
• exceedingly
• exceeding
• extra
• extremely
• fabulously
• far
• fiercely
• filthy
• frightfully
• full
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• immensely
• incredibly
• intensely
• jolly
• majorly
• mightily
• mighty
• monstrous [chiefly dialect]
• mortally
• most
• much
• particularly
• passing
• rattling
• real
• really
• right
• roaring
• roaringly
• seriously
• severely
• so
• sore
• sorely
• spanking
• specially
• stinking
• such
• super
• supremely
• surpassingly
• terribly
• that
• thumping
• too
• unco
• uncommonly
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of fantastically in a Sentence

a community production of the classic musical that featured fantastically bad singing

Recent Examples on the Web

But that’s far from all that’s going on in this fantastically chaotic green room. —Justin Curto, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024

Everything in the musical is fantastically bigger and bolder, from Derek McLane’s goth-meets-Hollywood-excess design to Paul Tazewell’s fabulous costumes to Doug Besterman’s lush orchestrations. —Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024

From there we are led to what we are told is Henry’s camper, a fantastically cozy abode filled with miniaturize installations and hidden nooks. —Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024

There are films that do that journey fantastically well; this isn't one that was ever looking to do that. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

fantastical + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1