climactic

climactic
climactically, adv.
/kluy mak"tik/, adj.
pertaining to or coming to a climax: the climactic scene of a play.
Also, climactical.
[1870-75; from CLIMAX, perh. on model of SYNTAX, SYNTACTIC]

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