STRIKINGLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

strikingly

adverb

Definition of strikingly

as in spectacularly

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Recent Examples of strikingly The early quantum pioneers didn’t realize — at first — that the arcane math that strikingly captured the conduct of atoms had left the real world behind. — Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 Trump’s potential Republican successors, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, differ strikingly in their views of what to do next. — Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026 Lung cancer is now in that same transitional decade, Nathan argues, and the forces driving it are strikingly similar. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Accidents happen, of course, sometimes in strikingly close proximity. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 August, strikingly tall and in sweatpants bearing his university’s logo, introduces himself. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 Montana sinks a strikingly successful health plan One modern solution that has been hailed as a model for all employers came out of Montana. — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026 The scene was strikingly low-key, almost at odds with the life-altering decision many of the teenagers wandering past his table were weighing. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 The volume was another big shift, too, as Simpson has had a strikingly low number of reps in training camp despite the unsettled nature of the Rams’ backup quarterback position after Jimmy Garoppolo’s departure. — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for strikingly

Adverb

For Clarke, the nineteen-seventies were eventful, sometimes spectacularly so.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Winnipeg’s old-school approach to line matching worked spectacularly during most of Rick Bowness’ tenure and again in 2024-25 under Scott Arniel.

— Murat Ates, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of spectacularly

Adverb

Few contemporary filmmakers so richly explore the concept of tenderness quite like Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2026
In his work, the wait proves not only worth it, but necessary — with character dynamics so richly, exactingly executed and the kind of narrative depth that can only come out of extensive marination.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of richly

Adverb

Sandy Honig made a short film, The Weird Guy, last year that is so funny and also gorgeously shot.

— Lisa Hanawalt, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2026
One Friday post, for example, shows footage from Super Heavy of Ship cruising away shortly after stage separation, its six Raptors glowing with exertion against the backdrop of a gorgeously blue Earth.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 July 2026