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Vinony

astonishingly

adverb

  1. amazingly/surprisingly (to an astonishing degree, in an astonishing manner)
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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English astonishing Middle English -ly English -ly English astonishingly From astonishing + -ly.

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

    “Famous hotels, for instance, are astonishingly commonplace.”

  2. Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.

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

    ““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.”