astonishingly en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English astonishing Middle English -ly English -ly English astonishingly From astonishing + -ly.
Meanings
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In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.
Famous hotels, for instance, are astonishingly commonplace.
1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 85:
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Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.
“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.
2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2015:The advertisements made the place look promising, but the food was astonishingly bad.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more astonishingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most astonishingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
hugely (very (intensifier)) · amazingly (very (intensifier)) · very (very (intensifier)) · staggeringly (very (intensifier))