shockingly

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adverb

In a shocking manner.

“Their efforts were shockingly slipshod.”

Less commonScrabble 23

Meanings

adverbshockingly (comparative more shockingly, superlative most shockingly)

comparative more shockingly · superlative most shockingly

  1. In a shocking manner.

    He had thinned shockingly, losing 100 pounds in the last month of his illness.

  2. 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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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shockingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shockingly.

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