Meanings
comparative more shockingly · superlative most shockingly
- In a shocking manner.
He had thinned shockingly, losing 100 pounds in the last month of his illness.
- To a shocking degree.
Their efforts were shockingly slipshod.
1 more example
He’s forced to travel back to 1969 to prevent an evil alien (a shockingly effective, nearly unrecognizable Jemaine Clement of Flight Of The Conchords, playing sort of a psychotic extraterrestrial-biker serial killer) from destroying the world by killing Brolin. Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.
2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2013
Origin
Translations
Esperanto ŝoke
- ŝokein a shocking manner
Polish wstrząsająco, szokująco
- wstrząsającoin a shocking manner
- szokującoin a shocking manner
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