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 That's when the business end of the tournament truly starts and there will be, shockingly, just one game. — Seth Vertelney, USA Today, 27 June 2026 The results, user-friendly packaging, and quality were shockingly good. — Gabby Shacknai, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The lawyer takes the tenets of mindfulness to heart, and Dusse takes both these tenets and his protagonist to absurd – and sometimes shockingly violent – conclusions. — The Know, Denver Post, 5 July 2026 Shortly after her time with Team USA, Reese was shockingly traded from the Chicago Sky to the Dream. — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Cream of Tartar & Lemon Juice Paste Like baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, cream of tartar and lemon shockingly has cleaning and brightening properties that are effective for lifting dirt and stains off grout lines. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 June 2026 External SSDs might look plain on the outside, but this Western Digital 1TB portable drive is shockingly fast under its drop-resistant chassis. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026 Steve Carell, who shockingly has never won an Emmy despite 11 nominations, should earn his 12th nod for playing a middle-aged novelist and concerned father in the heartfelt college comedy Rooster, which did surprisingly well for HBO. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026 Davis, 33, who won a title with James in the 2020 NBA Bubble, was shockingly traded by the Lakers in February 2025 for former Mavericks star Luka Dončić. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
  1. surprisingly
  2. conspicuously
  3. awfully
  4. astonishingly
  5. strikingly
  6. terribly
  7. amazingly
  8. luridly
Adverb
  • This relaxed pick is incredibly soft, really cute, and surprisingly easy to style.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 3 July 2026
  • When the two competing versions tested, the scores surprisingly dropped significantly, although the studio’s inched out ahead of Gillespie’s…but by only two points, according to sources.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Definition of surprisingly
Adverb
  • American doctors are so conspicuously well-paid that a group of economic researchers spent years trying to figure out why.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • However, the Dawson’s Creek actress is conspicuously absent from the iconic sequel, where the character is played by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
Definition of conspicuously
Adverb
  • This could be described as assertive or confident clothing, all of the designer’s work achieves drama while in its exceptionally flattering fit, and which somehow still looks and feels awfully comfortable.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • That’s an awfully bold move from Motorola, considering the foldable is powered by the same chip as the 2024 and 2025 models and also reuses the design and screens from previous generations.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
Definition of awfully
Adverb
  • That combination caught the eye of private equity, with PE firms stepping in to acquire clinics around the country at an astonishingly high rate.
    — Jeff Beck, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Cape Verde came astonishingly close to taking defending champions Argentina all the way to penalties, eventually falling to a 3-2 extra-time defeat despite an incredible goal from full-back Sidny Lopes Cabral.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of astonishingly
Adverb
  • Even 250 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, public awareness of AAPI history remains strikingly low.
    — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • But their personalities, and political instincts, converge most strikingly around cities.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of strikingly
Adverb
  • But everyone on the Spurs shot terribly from deep in the clutch.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Wonderfully and terribly, everything does happen for Maddie after her adoring bear of a husband, Jake (Eric Rahill), makes a cooking video of her that goes massively viral.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • But, amazingly, some on the right are making just that claim.
    — Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 2 July 2026
  • To oppose advert — sorry, hydration — breaks is now, amazingly, to stand opposed to football players having a quick drink after playing 22 minutes in 40C (104F) heat.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 24 June 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 9 Jul. 2026.

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