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 when Ron calls the RBMG phone number, the (amazingly catchy) hold music plays on a loop nonstop. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025 But, amazingly, nobody went to jail during their time in Portland. Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 The movie works amazingly well, but the musical gave us an opportunity to dig into the emotion of key moments. Keaton Bell, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025 With this, her ninth picture, Reichardt takes her life-long fascination with large scale thievery and unreels a museum robbery that ranks as amazingly inept. Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 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 6 Nov. 2025.

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