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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 Synonyms for shockingly
Adverb
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Furthermore, David’s Sling and even more surprisingly Iron Dome systems were credited with kills of MRBMs despite not being designed to defeat such faster, higher-flying missiles.—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025 -
Not surprisingly, the court’s conservative supermajority upheld the Tennessee law by a 6-3 vote, with the trio of more liberal justices dissenting.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Then in April 2021, Granda’s plan to escape went terribly wrong.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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But from the first breath, Roxy sensed something was terribly wrong.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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An 8-year-old girl was amazingly found alive and unharmed after heavy rain swept her into a sewer in China, authorities said on June 24.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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After harmonizing a few bars and then amazingly speaking in totally perfect unison, the on-screen exes got to revisiting some of the freshman CBS hit’s biggest twists.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
27 June 2025
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“Shockingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockingly. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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