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astonishingly

astonishingly adverb: in an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.

Adverb

astonishingly (comparative more astonishingly, superlative most astonishingly)

  1. In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.
    • Famous hotels, for instance, are astonishingly commonplace.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 85
  2. Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.
    • The advertisements made the place look promising, but the food was astonishingly bad.
    • “Republican frontrunner Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Michigan on Monday to make astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton,” the left-leaning ThinkProgress wrote.2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2015

Synonyms of astonishingly

Forms of astonishingly

comparativemore astonishingly
superlativemost astonishingly

Origin of astonishingly

From astonishing + -ly.

Questions about astonishingly

What does astonishingly mean?
Astonishingly means in an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.
What part of speech is astonishingly?
Astonishingly is an adverb.

Words near astonishingly in the dictionary

  1. astonishedness
  2. astonisher
  3. astonishers
  4. astonishes
  5. astonishing
  6. astonishingly
  7. astonishingness
  8. astonishment
  9. astonishments
  10. astonisht
  11. Astons

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