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Definition: Astonishingly |
AstonishinglyAdverb1. In an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise; "amazingly, he finished medical school in three years". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "astonishingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Synonyms: AstonishinglySynonyms: amazingly (adv), surprisingly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greatness | Particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly; famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, gr/kat exochin/, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Astonishingly |
| English words defined with "astonishingly": appeasing ♦ placating, placative, placatory. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor. (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick) | |
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Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Robert Louis Stevenson | The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly widened by simply teaching one set of catchwords to the girls and another to the boys. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | You reason astonishingly. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The Italian auto market did far better than expected in 1999 despite the expiration of state automobile purchase incentives and fears that buyers' appetites might be sated after record-breaking registrations in 1997 and 1998. Automobile sales in 1999 amounted to 2,349,200 units, slightly decreasing by 1.2%; sales of commercial vehicles actually rose 9% during 1999, reaching sales of almost 200,000 units, while heavy truck sales astonishingly topped the previous 1989 record to reach 34,904 units, an increase of 34.2% over 1998. The total market for this entire sector (automotive parts and service equipment) experienced an estimated 8% increase during 1999, with domestic production covering approximately 67% of the demand (an increase of 4% compared to the previous year), and imports covering the remaining 33% (7% increase compared to the previous year). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Astonishingly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Astonishingly" is used about 211 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 211 | 20,883 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
astonishingly | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "astonishingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kupodivu (curiously enough, funnily enough, oddly enough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erstaunlicherweise (amazingly, surprisingly), erstaunlich (admirable, amazing, amazingly, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary, miraculous, prodigious, prodigiously, staggeringly, striking, strikingly, stupendous, surprising, surprisingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταπληκτικώσ (startlingly, strikingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meglepően (astoundingly, strikingly, surprisingly, wondrous, wondrously), megdöbbentően (appallingly, staggeringly), elképesztően (scone-hot, stupefyingly), bámulatosan (prodigiously, wondrous, wondrously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astonishinglyay surprinzãtor (astonishing, startling, strange, stupendous, surprising, wonderful, wonderfully), fenomenal (extraordinary, marvellous, monumental, phenomenal, phenomenally, prodigious, remarkably, wonderfully). (various references) удивительно (startlingly, strangely, surprisingly, uncommonly). (various references) zaprepašćujuće, zadivljujuće. (various references) à¸à¸¢à¹ˆà¸²à¸‡à¸™à¹ˆà¸²à¸›à¸£à¸°à¸«à¸¥à¸²à¸". (various references) ÅŸaşılacak derecede. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | admirabiliter. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "astonishingly" (pronounced ustÄ"nishinglē) |
| 5 | -sh i ng l ē | refreshingly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, alarmingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, charmingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, devastatingly, disappointingly, disarmingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frighteningly, frowningly, frustratingly, glowingly, grudgingly, haltingly, hauntingly, increasingly, interestingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, longingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, numbingly, obligingly, overwhelmingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, resoundingly, screamingly, seemingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sparingly, sportingly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, threateningly, unfailingly, unhesitatingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, unwittingly, warningly, willingly, wittingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-i-l-n-n-o-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: astonishing. | |
-3 letters: insolating, stonishing. | |
-4 letters: anythings, assoiling, astonying, gnathions, halitosis, intaglios, isolating, ligations, loathings, slingshot, stylising. | |
-5 letters: agonists, antilogs, antilogy, antlions, anything, astonish, glasnost, glossina, gnathion, hassling, hoisting, inhaling, inlaying, insanity, insights, intaglio, lanosity, lashings, lassoing, lastings, lathings, liaisons, ligation, linsangs, listings, lithoing, loanings, loathing, nilghais, nitinols, nothings, nylghais, onanists, sailings, sainting, salinity, saltings. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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