dramatically
In striking fashion
Dramatically describes actions or changes that are striking, sudden, or theatrical in nature.
When something changes dramatically, it shifts in a way that's immediately noticeable and significant: Housing prices dropped dramatically over the summer.
The word also characterizes behavior that is exaggerated or theatrical, as if performed for an audience: She dramatically threw herself onto the couch.
Both senses connect to drama—the art form built on heightened emotion and visible transformation.
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- actorOne who portrays characters
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
gesture · entrance · exit · pause · delivery · flourish · portrayal · acting
To a conspicuous extent
- considerablyBy a large margin
- substantiallyTo a significant degree
- notablyEspecially or remarkably
- greatlyTo significant degree
vastly · immensely · hugely · enormously · profoundly · meaningfully · extensively · sharply
With outward emotion
- passionatelyWith intense emotion
- intenselyWith extreme force
- movinglyIn an affecting way
- poignantlyIn moving manner
stirringly · evocatively · powerfully · fervently · vividly · breathlessly · tearfully · heartrendingly
Without gradual transition
- unexpectedlyWithout prior indication
- suddenlyWithout prior indication
- swiftlyAt great speed
- precipitouslyExtremely steeply or hastily
instantaneously · sharply · steeply · rapidly · overnight · meteoric · explosively · plummeted
stage
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- actorOne who portrays characters
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
monologue · gesture · entrance · exit · pause · delivery · flourish · portrayal · acting · stagecraft
markedly
To a conspicuous extent
- considerablyBy a large margin
- substantiallyTo a significant degree
- notablyEspecially or remarkably
greatly · vastly · immensely · hugely · enormously · profoundly · meaningfully · extensively · sharply · strikingly
expressively
With outward emotion
- passionatelyWith intense emotion
- intenselyWith extreme force
- movinglyIn an affecting way
poignantly · stirringly · evocatively · powerfully · fervently · vividly · breathlessly · tearfully · heartrendingly · soulfully
abruptly
Without gradual transition
- unexpectedlyWithout prior indication
- suddenlyWithout prior indication
- swiftlyAt great speed
precipitously · instantaneously · sharply · steeply · rapidly · overnight · meteoric · explosively · plummeted · skyrocketed
- "To a great extent" adverbsgreatly, much, largely, vastly, considerably
- intensifiersvery, really, extremely, absolutely, incredibly
- musical adverbsloudly, softly, slowly, quickly, gently
dramaticallyslightly
To a minor extent
marginally · minimally · incrementally · insignificantly · negligibly
dramaticallymatter-of-factly
In an unemotional manner
blandly · prosaically · undramatically · plainly · flatly
dramaticallyunremarkably
In an ordinary manner
unnoticeably · inconspicuously · ordinarily · unspectacularly · uneventfully
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