spectacular

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Notch achieved this in the most spectacular way possible and I think he handled it perfectly.

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Quick take

a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a Christmas spectacular"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spectacular gathered in one view.

noun

a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a Christmas spectacular"

adjective

sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"

adjective

characteristic of spectacles or drama; "spectacular dives from the cliff"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spectacular.

noun

a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a Christmas spectacular"

adjective

characteristic of spectacles or drama; "spectacular dives from the cliff"

adjective

having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"

See also: outstanding, prominent, salient, striking

Example sentences

Notch achieved this in the most spectacular way possible and I think he handled it perfectly.

So far, I haven't seen anything spectacular in this keynote except for the retina display.

I could almost see this divide conquer algorithm working in his brain as he traversed the idea space, it was spectacular to behold.

""-- spectacular failure is your destiny if you don't work very hard to prevent it-- spectacular failure may be your destiny even if you do work very hard to prevent it"

What I realised is that a classically "awful" sweatshop would be entail a spectacular improvement in both salaries and working conditions, compared to the alternatives.

Or, at best, if they're true, they signal that Google has really lost its way - it's now a behemoth organisation that requires senior management oversight on every single product offering, and any non-spectacular product could at any instant bring the entire organisation down with its combination of toxic legal and toxic risk.