phantasmagorically

English

Etymology

From phantasmagoric +‎ -ally or phantasmagorical +‎ -ly.[1]

Adverb

phantasmagorically (comparative more phantasmagorically, superlative most phantasmagorically)

  1. In a manner, or to an extent, typical of phantasmagoria; thus, fantastically or bizarrely
    • 2009 January 14, Jeffrey Goldberg, “Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas”, in New York Times:
      What a phantasmagorically strange conflict the Arab-Israeli war had become!

References

  1. ^ “phantasmagorically, adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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