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amazingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English amazing Middle English -ly English -ly English amazingly From amazing + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.
   • While at first in the U.S.A. it may have been a matter of high-pressure salesmanship—and it has undoubtely been the irresistible enterprise of the General Motors Corporation, through its Electro-Motive subsidiary, that has set in motion this amazingly rapid transformation of American railway motive power, and has caused all the steam locomotive builders in the U.S.A. to follow suit or be left out in the cold—it seems now beyond dispute that, so far as the U.S.A. is concerned, the economics of the power question can be solved no other way. 1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 12–13:
   • That violin solo was played amazingly.
2. Difficult to believe; strange but true.
   • Amazingly, no one was injured in the crash.
   • Signalman Bridges was killed by the blast, as was fireman Nightall. Amazingly, driver Gimbert came round some 200 yards away, on the grass outside the Station Hotel where he had been flung. 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
3. To a wonder-inspiring extent.
   • The car has amazingly low fuel consumption.
   • The disease AIDS is wiping out a significant portion of the Gay Community and concerns about it are well-justified. But there is another disease that strikes an amazingly high percentage in our community. This disease is Chemical Dependency. 1984 April 7, N.B., “Chemical Dependency in the Gay Community”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

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Translations (49)

it incredibilmente (difficult to believe) · es asombrosamente (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · cmn 令人惊讶的 (difficult to believe) · pt surpreendentemente (difficult to believe) · ru удиви́тельно (wonderfully) · fr incroyablement (difficult to believe) · fi kuin ihmeen kaupalla (difficult to believe) · it straordinariamente (wonderfully) · pt incrivelmente (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · vi đáng kinh ngạc (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · fr incroyablement (wonderfully) · pt incrivelmente (difficult to believe) · pt fantasticamente (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · pl zdumiewająco (difficult to believe) · cmn 驚人的 /惊人的 (wonderfully) · cmn 难以置信的 (difficult to believe) · nl geweldig (wonderfully) · it incredibilmente (wonderfully) · pl zaskakująco (difficult to believe) · eo mirinde (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · fi hämmästyttävästi (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · ru невероя́тно (difficult to believe) · de erstaunlich (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · pl zaskakująco (wonderfully) · ar عَجَبًا (wonderfully) · nl opvallend (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · ar عَجَبًا (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · pl zdumiewająco (wonderfully) · fr superbement (wonderfully) · ja すごく (wonderfully) · fi hämmästyttävän (wonderfully) · wa sbaranmint (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · ru порази́тельно (wonderfully) · fi hämmästyttävästi (difficult to believe) · ru изуми́тельно (wonderfully) · fi hämmästyttävästi (wonderfully) · de erstaunlicherweise (wonderfully) · nl verbazingwekkend (difficult to believe) · pt incrivelmente (wonderfully) · cmn 惊人的 (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · ru удиви́тельно (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · la mirābiliter (wonderfully) · it sorprendentemente (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · de erstaunlich (wonderfully) · fr étonnamment (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · fr brillamment (wonderfully) · hy զարմանալիորեն (to a wonder-inspiring extent) · pt fantasticamente (wonderfully) · fr incroyablement (to a wonder-inspiring extent)