splendidly

«splendidly» in Mova's school dictionary: Very well; excellently — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (splendidly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very well; excellently. tree →

2) In a grand, rich and beautiful way: splendidly dressed. tree →

sense in the lessons

A praise word. Teachers say «You did splendidly!» Toad in The Wind in the Willows describes himself and his plans as splendid; in old books people are splendidly dressed for a ball. It is a little old-fashioned and very British in feeling.

examples

• You did splendidly in the race! tree →
• The hall was splendidly decorated for the party. tree →
• The plan worked splendidly. tree →
• The king was splendidly dressed in gold. tree →
• Everything is going splendidly, thank you. tree →
• The roses grew splendidly this summer. tree →
• Do you see how splendidly the tree has grown? tree →

note

Adverb from «splendid»; noun «splendour» (UK) or «splendor» (US). Common in British speech; Americans often say «great» or «really well».

Trees and pragmatics

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