What does climactically mean?
Climactically means In a climactic fashion; like, or as, a climax..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a climactic fashion; like, or as, a climax..
When Ike thinks about why he loves New York, he muses on its “sense of possibility” and the ducks in Central Park and all that, but, climactically, he thinks of being another face in the crowd: “He loves the liberating feeling that this city doesn’t seem to give a damn about him and never did.”
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Climactically means In a climactic fashion; like, or as, a climax..
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When Ike thinks about why he loves New York, he muses on its “sense of possibility” and the ducks in Central Park and all that, but, climactically, he thinks of being another face in the crowd: “He loves the liberating feeling that this city doesn’t seem to give a damn about him and never did.”
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