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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
The actress dares to bare her briefs in this Ulla Johnson set featuring a shockingly sheer skirt teamed with a ombré effect sequin top.
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Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The Bucks are playing shockingly great offense right now.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
According to Stein, this works shockingly well.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Gatwa departed the show after two seasons in May, and shockingly regenerated into Billie Piper in the final moments of the most recent episode.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
And yet, the winds that form Melissa are shockingly fast.
—Sara Sneath, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
These low-rise jeans nail that blend of retro and right now—perfectly baggy, totally versatile, and shockingly easy to style.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
But in the wake of that buildup, the film's shockingly anticlimactic ending also feels like somewhat of a cop-out.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Every once in a while, however, a movie comes along that sticks shockingly close to the truth.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The Bucks are playing shockingly great offense right now.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
According to Stein, this works shockingly well.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Gatwa departed the show after two seasons in May, and shockingly regenerated into Billie Piper in the final moments of the most recent episode.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
And yet, the winds that form Melissa are shockingly fast.
—Sara Sneath, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
These low-rise jeans nail that blend of retro and right now—perfectly baggy, totally versatile, and shockingly easy to style.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
But in the wake of that buildup, the film's shockingly anticlimactic ending also feels like somewhat of a cop-out.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Every once in a while, however, a movie comes along that sticks shockingly close to the truth.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
Adverb
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Agents brought Tip Hunter along to interviews with witnesses in Brownsville — and, not surprisingly, came away without evidence to bring charges.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Ryan looked healthy and surprisingly calm.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The subject was conspicuously missing from classrooms and curricula.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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One scene conspicuously features the sound recordist’s microphone boom alongside the slate.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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After a three-game slide, getting back in the win column feels awfully good.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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The carousel has gotten awfully crowded.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Waymo robotaxis are astonishingly good at driving compared to humans, but that’s not even remotely good enough.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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God has no mercy in Banjong Pisanthanakun's brutal, astonishingly insightful film, unveiling the root of evil through a realistic view of exorcisms — and becoming one of the highest-grossing Korean horror films of all time.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The men and boys who benefited from this bounty of foreign assistance were themselves strikingly polyglot and pluralistic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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This predominantly white oak home follows suit, with strikingly—and soothingly—little deviation.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The data center industry does not have a terribly good answer for this, except that their 83° sun-synchronous orbit is much less crowded than equatorial ones, meaning a lower risk of collisions.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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Polls, however, suggest the bill is not terribly popular with voters, which has left Republicans saying the White House must do a better job of selling it.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
31 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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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
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But, amazingly, nobody went to jail during their time in Portland.—
Jason Quick,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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 8 Jan. 2026.
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