sensationally

1. 1.

   in a sensational manner

   “in the summer of 1958 the pianist had a sensationally triumphant return”

Questions about sensationally

What does sensationally mean?

sensationally means "in a sensational manner".

How many syllables are in sensationally?

sensationally has 6 syllables and divides as sen-sa-ti-o-nal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is sensationally a common word?

sensationally is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.