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as in surprisingly
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as in conspicuously
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as in awfully
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Recent Examples of shockingly
Apartments cheaper than cars Some are flocking to places like Hegang, a cold and remote coal mining city in northeastern China famous for shockingly cheap housing prices.
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Albee Zhang, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
My shockingly simple secret to tousled waves and volume is Crown Affair’s Texturizing Air Dry Hair Mousse.
—Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
Smeg’s Mini Milk Frother is shockingly good at whipping up barista-worthy foam—so much so it was named one of our best milk frothers.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Both deeply moving and shockingly funny, Manchester by the Sea rightfully won Oscars for writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s screenplay and Affleck’s subtle master-class performance.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile two-time world champion and Olympic favorite Ilia Malinin shockingly crashed out of the men’s free skate after falling twice during the men's final on Friday, finishing in eighth place.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
And given how ubiquitous coyotes are across the Indianapolis cityscape, Albers thinks the number of coyote incidents reported is shockingly low.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
In the original, Cathy and Heathcliff, shockingly, don't get it on all over the moors.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2026
Jeremy Sochan was shockingly released by the Spurs.
—New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Albee Zhang, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
My shockingly simple secret to tousled waves and volume is Crown Affair’s Texturizing Air Dry Hair Mousse.
—Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
Smeg’s Mini Milk Frother is shockingly good at whipping up barista-worthy foam—so much so it was named one of our best milk frothers.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Both deeply moving and shockingly funny, Manchester by the Sea rightfully won Oscars for writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s screenplay and Affleck’s subtle master-class performance.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile two-time world champion and Olympic favorite Ilia Malinin shockingly crashed out of the men’s free skate after falling twice during the men's final on Friday, finishing in eighth place.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
And given how ubiquitous coyotes are across the Indianapolis cityscape, Albers thinks the number of coyote incidents reported is shockingly low.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
In the original, Cathy and Heathcliff, shockingly, don't get it on all over the moors.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2026
Jeremy Sochan was shockingly released by the Spurs.
—New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
Adverb
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The tone was heated but surprisingly civil.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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But Zilisch’s weekend began with a surprisingly poor qualifying position of 25th and got worse Sunday when he got spun on the restart for stage two.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The moon will be conspicuously absent from the post-sunset sky from March 7 up until a few days after its new moon phase on March 20, presenting ideal conditions to hunt for the zodiacal light in the runup to the spring equinox and in the nights that follow.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Not Lobbying Despite a political background that includes winning the 1990 Republican primary for a West Virginia House seat, Luck has been conspicuously absent from Washington’s recent college sports reform discussions.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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But the combination of naked ambition, absence of cynicism, and a sunny disposition seemed awfully suspicious.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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The dollars per share can be awfully confusing.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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Even so, American military operations have for the most part been astonishingly well executed.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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And species like naked mole rats and bowhead whales live for astonishingly long periods of time, decades and centuries, respectively.—
Mallory Locklear,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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The two look strikingly similar — their physical structures appear nearly identical to the naked eye.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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This is strikingly similar to what motivated heroism in Nazi Germany.—
Catherine A. Sanderson,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2026
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In a world gone terribly wrong and sideways, humanity survives.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Mar. 2026
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If that version of the fable hasn’t aged terribly well, an item in The Wall Street Journal this week elicited a few nervous squeals from some the NFL’s TV partners.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Overall, however, these are amazingly powerful and innovative devices that surely won’t disappoint both diehard Samsung fans and those new to Galaxy.—
Marc Saltzman,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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The older boy had dozens of pellets in his face, but amazingly none hit his eyes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The horror comes from the violation of a group meant to exist in harmony — featuring a cast of real dancers as the luridly fluid characters — being thrown violently out of sync, like a body spasming.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Shockingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockingly. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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