amazingly

adverb amaz·ing·ly \ ə-ˈmā-ziŋ-lē \

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

Definition of amazingly

1 : to an amazing degree

amazingly low prices

2 : as is amazing

Amazingly, she wasn't hurt by the fall.

Recent Examples of amazingly from the Web

Major Stanford then demonstrated amazingly accurate pitching skills and 'distracted' the subject with the use of two cans of Bush's Baked Beans.

— howard cohen, miamiherald, "'Stop! Or I'll hurl these baked beans at you!' And that's what this Florida deputy did," 5 June 2018
All these amazingly talented, beautiful individuals in one space being supportive and just looking stunning together, all here to pull off this one take wonder!

— kathryn lindsay, refinery29.com, "A Great Day In Hollywood," 25 June 2018
The Breaker Shoal Shipwreck in the Philippines from about the same time period had a cargo that is amazingly similar to that of the Java Sea Shipwreck, Niziolek said.

— ashley strickland, CNN, "Treasure trove reveals origins of 800-year-old shipwreck," 16 May 2018
The top is the sponge part and the bottoms look amazingly similar to Spongebob’s pants.

— alysha tsuji, For The Win, "76ers G League team to wear uniforms that make them look like Spongebob Squarepants," 2 Jan. 2018
In short, the work is amazingly modern but is made with old techniques.

— john wenz, Popular Mechanics, "Transforming Cabinets Move in Ways That Boggle the Mind," 22 June 2015
Another type of spam: Some scammers send emails impersonating Amazon, which amazingly needs to verify your account.

— susan tompor, Detroit Free Press, "Amazon Prime Day: Gift cards, coupons and other scams to watch for," 14 July 2018
But amazingly, the intensity of the competition doesn't stop everyone from continuing to eat.

— amy kraft, CBS News, "How competitive eaters do it – and what it does to them," 4 July 2018
The power of the clit never ceases to amaze me, and of course, the clit is amazingly powerful in female orgasm because there are around 8,000 sensitive nerve endings there.

— monique judge, The Root, "Are Female Orgasms Elusive or Easily Attainable?," 29 Jan. 2018

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