Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious vs Fantastic - What's the difference?
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | fantastic |
Fantastic, very wonderful
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, role = Mary Poppins
, passage = It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious .
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* {{quote-book
, date = 2010-03-15
, title = The Beautiful People and Other Aggravations
, first = Rose Madeline
, last = Mula
, location = Gretna
, publisher = Pelican Publishing
, isbn = 9781589806887
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, page = 91
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* {{quote-book
, year = 2011
, title = I Ain't Done Yet
, first = Mary B.
, last = Allberry
, location = Victoria
, publisher = FriesenPress
, isbn = 9781770677036
, ol = 25422249M
, page = 91
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, passage = This is a real biggie so pay attention—I still pinch myself occasionally to even believe I did this; it was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious .
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Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
* T. Gray
Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier ).
As adjectives the difference between supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and fantastic
is that supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is fantastic, very wonderful while fantastic is existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Adjective
(-)fantastic
English
Alternative forms
* fantastick (obsolete) * (l) * (l) (obsolete) * phantastique (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.
- His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation.
- She had a fantastic view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared.
- The events were so fantastic that only the tabloids were willing to print them.
- She entered the lab and stood gaping for a good ten minutes at the fantastic machinery at work all around her.
- There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high.
- "I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"