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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
Uso, however, has just one world titles to his name after shockingly defeating Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 41 in 2025.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
This extravagant, cartoonish, and shockingly unfunny folly about the hysteria surrounding a Japanese invasion of California shows a boy-wonder director testing his limits — and overstepping them.
—Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026
Even more shockingly, Rowland was not in Season 5 at all.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 June 2026
Powered by a beefy V8 producing up to 430 horsepower, these Corvettes remain shockingly fast even by modern standards.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
Still, despite these finer criticisms, considering the impressive performance, premium design, and shockingly low price, the R2 clearly shows how much Rivian has learned and evolved since launching the R1 for model year 2022.
—ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
Other lines of circumstantial evidence also suggest shockingly large objects roamed the early epochs of our solar system.
—Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West got married in a literal fortress in Florence, Italy in 2014, at a venue designed to be evasive from intruders during times of war, and photographers still managed to get shockingly clear images.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Most shockingly, even 50% of Gen Zers admitted that their own generation is the most difficult to manage.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
This extravagant, cartoonish, and shockingly unfunny folly about the hysteria surrounding a Japanese invasion of California shows a boy-wonder director testing his limits — and overstepping them.
—Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026
Even more shockingly, Rowland was not in Season 5 at all.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 June 2026
Powered by a beefy V8 producing up to 430 horsepower, these Corvettes remain shockingly fast even by modern standards.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
Still, despite these finer criticisms, considering the impressive performance, premium design, and shockingly low price, the R2 clearly shows how much Rivian has learned and evolved since launching the R1 for model year 2022.
—ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
Other lines of circumstantial evidence also suggest shockingly large objects roamed the early epochs of our solar system.
—Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West got married in a literal fortress in Florence, Italy in 2014, at a venue designed to be evasive from intruders during times of war, and photographers still managed to get shockingly clear images.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Most shockingly, even 50% of Gen Zers admitted that their own generation is the most difficult to manage.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
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But after months of acrimony, the two have developed a surprisingly friendly public relationship despite maintaining deep ideological differences.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Not surprisingly, AfD representatives could barely contain their glee over the philosopher’s death.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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Proposals range from purchasing tickets, only to leave seats conspicuously empty, to booing the national anthem and withholding any celebration of Iranian goals.—
Shirvin Zeinalzadeh,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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And of those three, Flo Rida has been conspicuously quiet about the whole debacle.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
Adverb
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The announcer for his team sounds awfully familiar.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Los Angeles – and particularly the community that surrounds Riviera, still in recovery mode from the devastating fires that ravaged Pacific Palisades in January, 2025 – also won, with this week-long reminder that this community is still awfully special, no matter what the haters say.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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The practical effects are astonishingly explicit, somewhere between vintage giallo and Japanese slasher.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
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Endless varieties of insect larvae also make astonishingly effective baits, but few fishermen — except ice-fishermen who buy mealworms and waxworms in bait shops — even use them.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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Known as earthshine, the effect makes the moon appear strikingly three-dimensional through binoculars.—
Jules-Pierre Malartre,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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The nation partied a lot this weekend – revealing strikingly different stories of America during its 250th summer.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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Excluding the special cases of meteor showers, a viewer on the ground will see only about five or so sporadic meteors per hour on average, which isn’t terribly many.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
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For someone living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), that same silence can feel like evidence that something is terribly wrong.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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The design of the Audi TT remains the dominant reason for buying one, and for now at least, even collector-grade TTs remain amazingly affordable given their significance.—
Ben Oliver,
Robb Report,
8 June 2026
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There’s Chateau de Fère and Les Crayères, which is very imposing and old-fashioned; a couple of very nice funky little boutique hotels (including one owned by the Selosse family who make amazing, and amazingly priced, grower Champagne) and lots of good chambres d'hôtes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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This involved hanging and displaying the body in a luridly public cage.—
Tara Ramanathan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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The story was subbed, luridly headlined, set in type, and fitted lovingly into the front page.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Shockingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockingly. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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