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# dramatically

«dramatically» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very much and often suddenly: a big change** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very much and often suddenly: a big change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#m1)

2) In a way that is like acting in a play, showing feelings in a big, showy way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#m2)

3) Relating to drama or plays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, science and geography, «dramatically» describes a big rise or fall: «the temperature dropped dramatically», which tells the reader to expect a large difference in the numbers. In stories, a character who sighs dramatically is showing off feelings. Phrases: «rise dramatically», «fall dramatically», «sigh dramatically».

### examples

- The temperature fell dramatically overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#x1)
- Prices rose dramatically last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#x2)
- Her reading improved dramatically after the summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#x3)
- He sighed dramatically when told to tidy his room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#x4)
- She threw her arms up dramatically, like an actress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#x5)
- The coastline has changed dramatically in a hundred years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#x6)
- The story ends dramatically with a storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «dramatic»; spelled with «-ally», not «-ly»: dramatically. In maths or graph questions it means a large change, but it does not give a number; check the data. Informal overuse: «you're being dramatic» means overreacting.

### In the corpora

- [Words ending in -ic add -ally: basically, dramatically; «publicly» is the exception.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dramatically» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dramatically/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.