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fabulously

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfæb.jʊ.ləs.li/
  • US: /ˈfæb.jʊ.lɪs.li/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F AE1 B Y UW0 L AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a fabulous manner.

In a fashionable or glamorous manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • That girl is fabulously beautiful.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fantastically, incredibly, fashionably, glamorously

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In a fabulous manner.

In an apocryphal or mythical manner; in fables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: mythically, legendarily, parabolically, apocryphally
  • Burying its head in the sand is fabulously attributed to the ostrich.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fantastically, incredibly, mythically, legendarily, parabolically, apocryphally

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

exceedingly; extremely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she plays fabulously well

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fantastically, incredibly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fābulōsusder. Middle English fabulous English fabulous Middle English -ly English -ly English fabulously From fabulous + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: fabulosament — in a fabulous manner
  • Danish: fabelagtig — in a fabulous manner
  • French: fabuleusement — in a fabulous manner
  • Georgian: ლეგენდარულად (legendarulad) — in a fabulous manner
  • German: märchenhaft — in a fabulous manner
  • Italian: favolosamente — in a fabulous manner
  • Italian: fantasticamente — in a fabulous manner
  • Latvian: pasakaini — in a fabulous manner
  • Norman: fabuleusement — in a fabulous manner
  • Polish: bajecznie — in a fabulous manner
  • Polish: bajkowo — in a fabulous manner
  • Polish: baśniowo — in a fabulous manner
  • Portuguese: fabulosamente — in a fabulous manner
  • Russian: басносло́вно (basnoslóvno) — in a fabulous manner
  • Russian: потряса́юще (potrjasájušče) — in a fabulous manner
  • Russian: фантасти́чески (fantastíčeski) — in a fabulous manner
  • Spanish: fabulosamente — in a fabulous manner
  • Spanish: estupendamente — in a fabulous manner
  • Swedish: fabulöst — in a fabulous manner