Meaning

2 senses
  1. In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.

    in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise

  2. Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.

    The advertisements made the place look promising, but the food was astonishingly bad.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. She was astonishingly beautiful.

    ruОна была ошеломляюще красива. — shanghainese

    deSie war atemberaubend schön. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. It's astonishingly beautiful.

  3. The human hand is astonishingly versatile.

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  4. The human hand is astonishingly flexible.

    ruЧеловеческая рука на удивление подвижна. — odexed

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  5. The townspeople were astonishingly naive about what the smugglers were.

Forms

more astonishingly, most astonishingly
Comparativemore astonishingly Lesson
Superlativemost astonishingly

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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