supersudden
supersudden adjective: very sudden; with little or no warning.
Adjective
supersudden (comparative more supersudden, superlative most supersudden)
- Very sudden; with little or no warning.
- Whether this is true, or to what extent the transmitted load may be lessened by a supersudden load, as compared to just a sudden load, is not known.1945, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1945: Volume 110, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 788
- The Pershing II missiles— there are 108 in the plan—can reach Russia from Germany in five minutes, thus producing a new possibility of a supersudden first strike—even on Moscow itself. That is too fast.1981, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Congressional Record, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 27964
Forms of supersudden
| comparative | more supersudden |
|---|---|
| superlative | most supersudden |
Origin of supersudden
From super- + sudden.
Questions about supersudden
- What does supersudden mean?
- Supersudden means very sudden; with little or no warning.
- What part of speech is supersudden?
- Supersudden is an adjective.
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