dramatically

«dramatically» in Mova's school dictionary: Very much and often suddenly: a big change — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Very much and often suddenly: a big change. tree →

2) In a way that is like acting in a play, showing feelings in a big, showy way. tree →

3) Relating to drama or plays. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, science and geography, «dramatically» describes a big rise or fall: «the temperature dropped dramatically», which tells the reader to expect a large difference in the numbers. In stories, a character who sighs dramatically is showing off feelings. Phrases: «rise dramatically», «fall dramatically», «sigh dramatically».

examples

• The temperature fell dramatically overnight. tree →
• Prices rose dramatically last year. tree →
• Her reading improved dramatically after the summer. tree →
• He sighed dramatically when told to tidy his room. tree →
• She threw her arms up dramatically, like an actress. tree →
• The coastline has changed dramatically in a hundred years. tree →
• The story ends dramatically with a storm. tree →

note

Adverb from «dramatic»; spelled with «-ally», not «-ly»: dramatically. In maths or graph questions it means a large change, but it does not give a number; check the data. Informal overuse: «you're being dramatic» means overreacting.

In the corpora

• Words ending in -ic add -ally: basically, dramatically; «publicly» is the exception.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dramatically» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.