Meaning

3 senses
  1. In an alarming way, frighteningly.

    He sneezed alarmingly.

    in an alarming manner

  2. Causing fear or concern.

    Alarmingly, he went into a severe sneezing fit.

  3. To an extent that causes alarm.

    He went into an alarmingly severe sneezing fit.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The film was alarmingly prescient about political polarization.

  2. Her prediction about the housing crisis now seems alarmingly prescient.

  3. The old science-fiction novel was alarmingly prescient about surveillance technology.

  4. The report's conclusions were alarmingly prescient in light of later events.

  5. Aaron's warning sounded exaggerated at the time, but it proved alarmingly prescient.

Translations

3 languages

Forms

more alarmingly, most alarmingly
Comparativemore alarmingly Lesson
Superlativemost alarmingly

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedalarming

See also

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