explosively
爆発的に
解説 Definition
爆発のように激しく急速に。非常に急激な勢いで起こるさま。
Explosively means in a way that is sudden, violent, or extremely powerful, like an explosion. It can describe physical force, strong emotional reactions, or very fast growth in numbers or activity, especially in news or formal writing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
explode（爆発する）と explosive（爆発的な）を知っていれば、その副詞形が explosively。まず「explode→explosive→explosively」と品詞がずれていく流れで覚えると定着しやすいです。-ly が付くので「どう起こるか」を述べる語。grow explosively, rise explosively, spread explosively のように、数・人気・被害などが短期間で一気に増える場面でよく使います。quickly よりずっと勢いが強く、suddenly は瞬間性、rapidly は速さ中心で、explosively は“制御不能なくらい急拡大”の響きがあります。
Start from the word family: explode -> explosive -> explosively. The `-ly` ending shows it tells how something happens. It often goes with growth, spread, or change that becomes suddenly huge, like `grow explosively` or `spread explosively`.
例文
The population of the city grew explosively during the industrial revolution.
その都市の人口は産業革命の間に爆発的に増加した。
The volcano erupted explosively, sending ash clouds kilometers into the sky.
火山は爆発的に噴火し、灰の雲を何キロメートルも上空に噴き上げた。
The argument escalated explosively, and everyone in the room fell silent.
口論は爆発的にエスカレートし、部屋にいた全員が黙り込んだ。
explosively の類義語・関連語
explosively の語源・成り立ち Etymology
explosively は explosive＋-ly。explosive はラテン語 explodere「拍手ややじで追い出す」に由来し、ex-「外へ」＋plaudere「拍手する」から成るので、勢いよく外へはじけ出る感じが「爆発的に」へつながる。関連語は explode, applaud。
Explosively comes from explosive plus the adverb ending -ly. Explosive goes back to Latin explodere, which originally meant "to drive off by clapping," from ex- "out" and plaudere "to clap." The sense moved from noisy rejection to a sudden bursting outward, which led to the modern meaning. Related English words include explode and applaud.
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