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单词 splendidly
释义

splendid

adjective

splen·​did ˈsplen-dəd How to pronounce splendid (audio)
1
: possessing or displaying splendor: such as
a
: shining, brilliant
b
: marked by showy magnificence
2
: illustrious, grand
3
a
: excellent
a splendid opportunity
b
: being out of the ordinary : singular
splendidly adverb
splendidness noun

Synonyms

  • august
  • baronial
  • epic
  • gallant
  • glorious
  • grand
  • grandiose
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • Homeric
  • imperial
  • imposing
  • magnific
  • magnificent
  • majestic
  • massive
  • monumental
  • noble
  • proud
  • regal
  • royal
  • stately
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Example Sentences

We have a splendid opportunity to do something really useful. I have some splendid news. “We'll be coming out to visit over the summer.” “Oh, splendid!”
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Word History

Etymology

Latin splendidus, from splendēre to shine; perhaps akin to Middle Irish lainn bright

First Known Use

1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

splendid

adjective

splen·​did ˈsplen-dəd How to pronounce splendid (audio)
1
: impressive in beauty, excellence, or magnificence
You did a splendid job.
a splendid palace
2
: having or showing splendor : brilliant
… I knew I would never again see anything so splendid as the round red sun coming up … Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain
3
: excellent
We had a splendid time.

Choose the Right Synonym for splendid

splendid, glorious, and superb mean very impressive. splendid is used for something far above the ordinary in excellence or magnificence. What a splendid idea! She wore a splendid jewel. glorious is used for something that is radiant with light or beauty. I watched the glorious sunset. superb is used of the highest possible point of magnificence or excellence. The food was superb.

splendidly

adverb

1
as in nicely
in a pleasing way the graduation party went splendidly

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • nicely
  • great
  • deliciously
  • delightfully
  • well
  • finely
  • enjoyably
  • beautifully
  • excellently
  • wonderfully
  • gloriously
  • sweetly
  • agreeably
  • pleasantly
  • prettily
  • charmingly
  • enchantingly
  • favorably
  • happily
  • pleasingly
  • satisfyingly
  • magnificently
  • winningly
  • gratifyingly
  • felicitously
  • pleasurably
  • swimmingly
  • marvelously
  • dreamily
  • fetchingly
  • superbly
  • delectably
  • welcomely
  • palatably
  • grandly
  • attractively
  • handsomely
  • helpfully
  • advantageously
  • blessedly
  • fortunately
  • sensationally
  • appealingly
  • luckily
  • enticingly
  • temptingly
  • invitingly
  • appetizingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • badly
  • awfully
  • unpleasantly
  • terribly
  • disagreeably
  • horribly
  • dreadfully
  • appallingly
  • ill
  • abominably
  • vilely
  • shockingly
  • horridly
  • horrendously
  • sickeningly
  • disgustingly
  • annoyingly
  • irritatingly
  • distressingly
  • vexingly
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2
as in bright
in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light the windjammer's splendidly white sails billowed against a deep blue sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bright
  • brightly
  • dazzlingly
  • luminously
  • brilliantly
  • lustrously
  • radiantly
  • glowingly
  • incandescently
  • blazingly
  • lambently
  • fulgently
  • burningly
  • glitteringly
  • flamingly
  • blindingly
  • glaringly
  • flaringly
  • flickeringly
  • pellucidly
  • opalescently

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dimly
  • darkly
  • obscurely
  • dully
  • somberly
  • murkily
  • gloomily
  • duskily
  • cloudily
  • shadily
  • shadowily
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