{
    "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
}