まるで

[Yzlot]

I'm having trouble deciphering any nuance まるで might imply in the following sentence.

期待に応えるような光景はまるで見えなかった.

The sentence seems exactly the same to me without まるで.

 

[Toritoribe]

completely / totally / entirely (in a nagative sentence)

It's the same as 全くor 全然.

まるで【丸で】
1 〔通例，否定語を伴って，全く…ない〕⇒まったく(全く)

それが何かまるで見当がつかない
I don't have the slightest [faintest] idea what it is.
そんなことはまるで気に掛けなかった
He did not 「care a bit [((俗)) give a damn] about it.
試験の結果はまるで駄目でした
The results of the examination were no good (at all).
そんな申し出ではまるで話にならない
What you propose is entirely out of the question.

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