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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "dramatically",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very suddenly and to a very great and often surprising degree",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Prices have fallen dramatically."
},
{
"text": "Prices have increased dramatically in the last few years."
},
{
"text": "Events could have developed in a dramatically different way."
},
{
"text": "Since then the situation has changed dramatically."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "in a way that is exciting and impressive",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The mountains rose dramatically behind them."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "in a way that is connected with the theatre or plays",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The opera does not compare musically or dramatically with the composer's best work."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "in a way that is exaggerated in order to create a special effect and attract people's attention",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘At last!’ she cried dramatically."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/drəˈmætɪkli/",
"audio": "dr/dramatically/dramatically__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/drəˈmætɪkli/",
"audio": "dr/dramatically/dramatically__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}