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# explosively

adverb (explosively)

«explosively» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a sudden, loud and violent way, like an explosion, as in «The balloon burst explosively». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#m1)
2. Very fast and with great energy, as in «The sprinter started explosively». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#m2)
3. In a sudden angry way, as in «He reacted explosively». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, gases or chemicals that react explosively are dangerous and only experts handle them. In PE and sport, coaches say «push off explosively» for a strong start. In stories, a character who reacts explosively loses their temper. In maths and science, «grow explosively» means grow extremely fast.

### Examples

- The volcano erupted explosively. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#x1)
- The sprinter pushed off explosively from the blocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#x2)
- The cola fizzed explosively when we added the mints. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#x3)
- Dad laughed explosively at the joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#x4)
- The town's population grew explosively. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#x5)
- She reacted explosively when her brother broke her model. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/#x6)

### Note

Adverb from «explosive» and «explode». Spelling: «explo-sive-ly», keep the e before -ly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «explosively» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosively/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«explosively» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/explosively.html) on Mova free.