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# splendidly

«splendidly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very well; excellently** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (splendidly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very well; excellently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#m1)

2) In a grand, rich and beautiful way: splendidly dressed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A praise word. Teachers say «You did splendidly!» Toad in The Wind in the Willows describes himself and his plans as splendid; in old books people are splendidly dressed for a ball. It is a little old-fashioned and very British in feeling.

### examples

- You did splendidly in the race! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x1)
- The hall was splendidly decorated for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x2)
- The plan worked splendidly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x3)
- The king was splendidly dressed in gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x4)
- Everything is going splendidly, thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x5)
- The roses grew splendidly this summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x6)
- Do you see how splendidly the tree has grown? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendidly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «splendid»; noun «splendour» (UK) or «splendor» (US). Common in British speech; Americans often say «great» or «really well».

### Trees and pragmatics

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