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suddenly

sud·den·ly

Today it means: Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner. Full definition →

Middle English sodenly

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Middle English · inherited fromsodenly
English todaysuddenly

Inherited from Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.