astonishingly

English

Etymology

From astonishing +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

astonishingly (comparative more astonishingly, superlative most astonishingly)

  1. In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.
    • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 85:
      Famous hotels, for instance, are astonishingly commonplace.
  2. Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.
    The advertisements made the place look promising, but the food was astonishingly bad.
    • 2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post‎[1], archived from the original on 24 December 2015:
      “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.

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