remarkably

[ ri-mahr-kuh-blee ]

adverb

1. to a notable or unusual degree; extraordinarily:

   Because he was such a remarkably principled and decent man, he made a habit of responding personally to every one of his many fan letters.

2. in a way that is worth taking note of:

   Remarkably, this little video just happened to be exactly what I needed to prepare for my job interview.

Other Words From

• qua·si-re·mark·a·bly adverb
• un·re·mark·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of remarkably¹

remarkab(le) ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

In an interview with The Washington Post, Mark Krikorian, the Center for Immigration Studies’ executive director, denounced Crusius’ killings, but he described his manifesto as “remarkably well-written for a 21-year-old loner.”

From Salon

It is a remarkably universal feeling that comes out of the documentary, and I hope this same is true of the show, because that was the goal.”

From Los Angeles Times

Remarkably, long before Patterson elaborated on this theory, African Americans such as David Walker, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs all reflected on the condition of social death in their own 19th-century language.

From Salon

Remarkably, they persisted, and did not resign themselves to nihilism or pessimism.

From Salon

The Olympic Arts Festival turned us into an arts capital in a remarkably short period of time.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• awfully
• curiously
• exceptionally
• extraordinarily
• really
• singularly
• so
• strangely
• surprisingly
• terribly
• uncommonly
• very