amazingly

adverb

amaz·​ing·​ly ə-ˈmā-ziŋ-lē How to pronounce amazingly (audio)
1
: to an amazing degree
amazingly low prices
2
: as is amazing
Amazingly, she wasn't hurt by the fall.

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And, amazingly, the picture of the young Johnson standing on the boat in 1979 materialized. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025 Silicone covers are often a bit thicker and might show through thin garments, but that’s not the case with thin, throwaway pasties like these X-shaped Commando stickers, which are amazingly durable and sticky. Malia Griggs, Glamour, 16 July 2025 The downside to such an amazingly thin phone is—surprise, surprise—battery life. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 10 July 2025 The diminishment in reputation, the status as pariah or laughingstock, the looming sentencing for the lesser charges (two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, amazingly, his first conviction)—he would work his troubles into a narrative of redemption. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for amazingly

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of amazingly was in 1650

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“Amazingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amazingly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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