SPLENDIDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splendidly mean? 

• SPLENDIDLY (adverb)
  The adverb SPLENDIDLY has 2 senses:

1. extremely well

2. in an impressively beautiful manner

  Familiarity information: SPLENDIDLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLENDIDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely well

Synonyms:

excellently; famously; magnificently; splendidly

Context example:

we got along famously

Pertainym:

splendid (very good; of the highest quality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an impressively beautiful manner

Synonyms:

gorgeously; magnificently; resplendently; splendidly

Context example:

the Princess was gorgeously dressed

Pertainym:

splendid (having great beauty and splendor)

 Context examples 

“All has turned out splendidly. Dr. Roylott has gone to town, and it is unlikely that he will be back before evening.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They showed her to me in parties, splendidly dressed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You need a motive, Mother says, and when you get it, she is sure you'll work splendidly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But his agents are numerous and splendidly organized.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On deck I found the Ghost doing splendidly under her patch of canvas.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

You see, there is not a glimmer of light in any of the windows, and everything is working splendidly.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A horseman, fantastically dressed in green and splendidly mounted, was waiting at the crossroads, and as he spurred towards us I recognised the dark, handsome face and bold black eyes of Mendoza.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They arrived in due time at the place of destination, and as soon as the string of carriages before them would allow, alighted, ascended the stairs, heard their names announced from one landing-place to another in an audible voice, and entered a room splendidly lit up, quite full of company, and insufferably hot.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

They ought to have come a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress, for they were splendidly attired in velvet, silk, and furs.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He was splendidly muscled, a heavy man, and though he strode with the certitude and directness of the physical man, there was nothing heavy about his stride.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)