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Etymology
Etymology tree English shocking Middle English -ly English -ly English shockingly From shocking + -ly.
Meanings
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In a shocking manner.
He had thinned shockingly, losing 100 pounds in the last month of his illness.
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To a shocking degree.
He’s forced to travel back to 1969 to prevent an evil alien (a shockingly effective, nearly unrecognizable Jemaine Clement of Flight Of The Conchords, playing sort of a psychotic extraterrestrial-biker serial killer) from destroying the world by killing Brolin. Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.
2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:Their efforts were shockingly slipshod.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more shockingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most shockingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
pl wstrząsająco (in a shocking manner) · pl szokująco (in a shocking manner) · eo ŝoke (in a shocking manner)