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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 }