rematadamente

Spanish

Etymology

From rematado +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /remaˌtadaˈmente/ [re.maˌt̪a.ð̞aˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: re‧ma‧ta‧da‧men‧te

Adverb

rematadamente

1. utterly, incredibly, ridiculously (extremely)

   Esto es rematadamente absurdo.

   This is utter nonsense.

   • 2015 July 26, “¿Pero tú sabes quién soy yo?”, in El País‎^[1]:

     No puede culparse a Tsipras —ni a nadie— por no ser un seductor brillante, aunque quizás sí se le puede culpar por haber medido rematadamente mal sus fuerzas y las de su adversario.

     Tsipras—or anyone else—cannot be blamed for not being a brilliant seducer, though perhaps he can be blamed for having totally underestimated his forces and those of his adversary.

Further reading

• “rematadamente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10