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# splendidly

adverb (splendidly)

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

## Everyday

1. Very well; excellently. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#m1)
2. In a grand, rich and beautiful way: splendidly dressed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x1)
- The hall was splendidly decorated for the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x2)
- The plan worked splendidly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x3)
- The king was splendidly dressed in gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x4)
- Everything is going splendidly, thank you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x5)
- The roses grew splendidly this summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x6)
- Do you see how splendidly the tree has grown? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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