astoundingly
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4.3
- adverb
- /əˈstaʊndɪŋli/
:
asombrosamente
- She performed astoundingly well in her exams, achieving top marks in all subjects.
- astoundingly high
- astoundingly good
- astoundingly beautiful
I mean, it was astoundingly complex, yeah.
- I mean, it was astoundingly complex, yeah.
- So I went through the first year of an astoundingly brutal civil war.
Examples
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Darwin's theory was astoundingly correct.
Academic text (2009) -
The land around her was utterly silent and astoundingly dazzling.
Fiction book (1997) -
I mean, it was astoundingly complex, yeah.
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Things had, he felt, worked out astoundingly well.
Fiction book (2001) -
Now I will admit, it is an astoundingly massive advantage right now.
Blog text (13) -
The human body, for instance, is an astoundingly durable creation.
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In this case, it's all he can revert to because he is so astoundingly, demonstrably wrong.
Blog text (30) -
After all, the U.S. defense establishment has handsomely won several minor wars in recent years, and with astoundingly few casualties.
Academic text (2000) -
The good graphical, audio, and immersive presentation of 18th century America is astoundingly beautiful.
Blog text (21) -
The Russians are ubiquitous, from high-tech companies to the astoundingly good street musicians scraping violins for spare change.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
272
2.5
In a way that people do not expect
184
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
172
2.8
In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
122
2.3
In a way that causes surprise or wonder
107
3.7
In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible
62
5.9
In a very surprising way that seems impossible
38
4.8
In a way that surprises or upsets people a lot
23
4.4
In a very beautiful or impressive way
21
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
17
5.2
To a very great degree
14
7.7
In a very unusual and surprising way
8
5.6
In a way that makes people feel very surprised
8
4.2
In a very beautiful or amazing way
7
6.7
To a very surprising degree that is hard to believe
4
6.5
In a way that is so strong it is hard to put into words
2
6.1
In a very impressive way that surprises people
2
6.7
In a way that makes people feel great surprise and admiration
2
9.2
In a way that makes people very surprised or impressed
1
8.2
In a way that is so great it cannot be understood or believed
1
8.4
In a way that is very surprising and hard to understand
In a very strange way that feels surprising
Antonyms
How Surprising
Surface Forms
Morphology
astoundingly = astounding (transparent) = astound + ing + ly
Formed by adding the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'astounding', which is transparently derived from the verb 'astound'.
Etymology
Astoundingly comes from astound, which has the little part a- plus a root like stun meaning 'to knock someone speechless'. So, astoundingly means 'in a way that causes great surprise'.