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1
with great suddenness
- the bus stopped suddenly, and somebody's lunch landed in the aisle
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- all of a sudden
- (also on a sudden)
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2
without warning
- suddenly, something fell out of the sky and landed in the field a few feet away
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“Suddenly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suddenly. Accessed 27 Jun. 2022.
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