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as in surprisingly
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2
as in conspicuously
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as in awfully
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
Adverb
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The Late Neandertals showed surprisingly little change over 80,000 years.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Eligibility for these programs can be surprisingly broad, sometimes including people whose incomes put them several times above the federal poverty level.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Cardinal Lawrence — Conclave When this selection process kicked off, Cardinal Thomas Lawrence was well-liked and respected but not making waves or campaigning terribly hard to assume the top brass.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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No doubt Long and her fellow editorialists might respond that owing to the desperate poverty that was the norm in China not terribly long ago, the Chinese tend to save the fruits of their exports.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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For a few years, especially in 2021 and 2022, Drury said, the used car shortage drove up values to amazingly high levels, shielding consumers from negative equity situations.—
Susan Tompor,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yes, The Legend of Ochi looks amazingly, impressively real, but it’s populated by non-characters pursuing a nothing story.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Shockingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockingly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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