suddenly
Syllables: sud·den·ly/ˈsʌd.ən.li/
suddenly adverb: happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
Adverb
suddenly (comparative more suddenly, superlative most suddenly)
- Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
- Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
- They've suddenly decided to sell the house.
- Synonyms:
- all of a sudden
- Antonyms:
- unsuddenly
suddenly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
suddenly in Hindi
- happening quickly and with little or no warning
- अचानक acānak, एकाएक ekāek, सहसा sahsā, अनायास anāyās
suddenly in Tamil
- happening quickly and with little or no warning
- திடீரென்று tiṭīreṉṟu
suddenly in Marathi
- happening quickly and with little or no warning
- अचानक acānak
suddenly in Urdu
- happening quickly and with little or no warning
- اچانک acānak, ناگہاں nāgahā̃
More languagesFewer languages
- suddenly in Bengali
- হঠাৎ hoṭhat
- suddenly in Telugu
- అకస్మాత్తుగా akasmāttugā
- suddenly in Malayalam
- പെട്ടന്ന് peṭṭannŭ, പെട്ടെന്ന് peṭṭennŭ
- suddenly in Kannada
- ಕೂಡಲೇ, ದಿಗ್ಗನೆ, ಪಕ್ಕನೆ, ಚಟ್ಟನೆ
- suddenly in Punjabi
- ਅਚਨਚੇਤ acancet, ਅਚਾਨਕ acānak
- suddenly in Gujarati
- અચાનક acānak
- suddenly in Odia
- ହଠାତ୍
- suddenly in Sanskrit
- सहसा sahasā, सपदि sapadi
- suddenly in Nepali
- अचानक acānak, एक्कासि ekkāsi
- suddenly in Pashto
- ناڅاپی nāśāpī
- suddenly in Arabic
- فَجْأَةً fajʔatan
- suddenly in Malay
- tiba-tiba
- suddenly in Indonesian
- tiba-tiba, mendadak
- suddenly in Persian
- ناگهان nâgahân
- suddenly in Thai
- อยู่ดีๆ, อยู่ๆ, จู่ๆ
- suddenly in Vietnamese
- thình lình, đột ngột, bỗng, chợt
- suddenly in Myanmar
- ရုတ်တရက် rutta.rak, ဆိုးခနဲဆတ်ခနဲ hcui:hka.nai:hcathka.nai:
Examples of suddenly in a sentence
- She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.
- She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.
- One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.
Synonyms of suddenly
Antonyms
Forms of suddenly
| comparative | more suddenly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most suddenly |
| alternative form (obsolete) | sodeinly |
Origin of suddenly
Inherited from Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly.
Words formed from suddenly
Questions about suddenly
- What does suddenly mean?
- Suddenly means happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
- What is suddenly in Hindi?
- Suddenly in Hindi is अचानक (acānak), एकाएक (ekāek), सहसा (sahsā). See Suddenly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is suddenly?
- Suddenly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce suddenly?
- Suddenly is pronounced /ˈsʌd.ən.li/.
Words near suddenly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suddenly (page history and authors); suddenly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਚਨਚੇਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અચાનક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); suddenly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ناڅاپی (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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