shockingly

adverb

Definition of shockinglynext
1
as in surprisingly

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2
as in conspicuously

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3
as in awfully

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Recent Examples of shockingly Dordt provided the lifeline, and Large shockingly started his first game. — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Like Roth, four people say their first diamond purchase was something of an accident, either by inadvertently making a bid or their shockingly low offer ending up winning the auction. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026 The state's top legal officer slammed party leaders for failing to combat antisemitism and shockingly allowing members facing criminal charges for antisemitic threats to attend. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 So why did the stock market rally on Friday following the shockingly dismal jobs report? — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026 None of this stops Bret from keeping his date with Debbie in her shockingly pink bedroom upstairs. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026 Social media fans point out that the ingredients and even the packaging look similar, and that the two breads taste shockingly similar. — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026 Following Kunal Nayyar’s appearance as Raj in Episode 1 where he is shockingly killed by Kripke (John Ross Bowie), Cuoco showed up in the second episode alongside Zack (Smith). — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 July 2026 The suspenseful shark sequences in an underwater cage where two distressed heroines Tatiana (Laura Marano) and Kaley (Christina Ochoa) get trapped are shockingly good while a third act ratchets up the blood and the tension. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
  1. surprisingly
  2. conspicuously
  3. awfully
  4. astonishingly
  5. strikingly
  6. terribly
  7. amazingly
  8. luridly
Adverb
  • Even still, the filmmaker is excited to let Edinburgh audiences begin probing this surprisingly affecting piece on loss and extraterrestrial life.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The new study suggests that water and dust can form and survive surprisingly close to a supermassive black hole, where intense radiation and other harsh conditions might otherwise be expected to destroy them.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of surprisingly
Adverb
  • As the war — now in its sixth month — has dragged on, this list of goals has conspicuously shifted and been pared back.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The studio declined to finance the ambitious project’s conclusion, and Bakshi’s movie soon cooled into one of history’s most conspicuously unfinished epics.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of conspicuously
Adverb
  • With tourists who fled in the spring, ongoing economic uncertainty and the cost of literally everything rising, business can slow to a painful trickle, with the season feeling awfully far away.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
  • If you’ve been tuned in to new music lately, this guy is going to sound awfully familiar.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of awfully
Adverb
  • And Mythology is the most astonishingly successful of all of her books.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • The pacing sometimes goes slack, but even when the narrative starts wandering, Simple Town boasts a goofy magnetism that sustains the movie astonishingly well.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
Definition of astonishingly
Adverb
  • The volume was another big shift, too, as Simpson has had a strikingly low number of reps in training camp despite the unsettled nature of the Rams’ backup quarterback position after Jimmy Garoppolo’s departure.
    — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • After the trailer for The Social Reckoning released in June, comments poured in about how strikingly close Strong’s voice sounded to Zuckerberg’s.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of strikingly
Adverb
  • Supporters of the bill say that type of restriction is terribly outdated.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Having a conversation with Gold House founder Bing Chen isn’t terribly dissimilar from taking an amphetamine.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • After easily winning Mixed-1, Newman & Jackie had match point on their paddles but couldn’t finish, and amazingly SoCal’s youngsters Campbell and Mackinnon saved six match points to came back to shock Brooklyn 12-10 and force the DreamBreaker.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Unfortunately, the group offered amazingly little of that over the course of the night, minimizing the bells and whistles during what could be properly dubbed a fairly boring stage show overall.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of amazingly
Adverb
  • This involved hanging and displaying the body in a luridly public cage.
    — Tara Ramanathan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The story was subbed, luridly headlined, set in type, and fitted lovingly into the front page.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of luridly

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“Shockingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockingly. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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