astonishingly

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adverb

In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.

“The advertisements made the place look promising, but the food was astonishingly bad.”

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

adverbastonishingly (comparative more astonishingly, superlative most astonishingly)

comparative more astonishingly · superlative most astonishingly

  1. In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.

    Famous hotels, for instance, are astonishingly commonplace.

    1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 85
  2. Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.

    The advertisements made the place look promising, but the food was astonishingly bad.

    1 more example

    “Republican frontrunner Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Michigan on Monday to make astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton,” the left-leaning ThinkProgress wrote.

    2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2015

    Synonyms: amazingly, staggeringly, very, hugely

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbVery; remarkably used as an intensifier.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

astonishingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonishingly

MLA

“astonishingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonishingly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “astonishingly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astonishingly.

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