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strikingly

adverb

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adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English striking Middle English -ly English -ly English strikingly From striking + -ly.

  1. In a striking way.

    “He entered strikingly, taking over the stage.”

    “Fully air-conditioned and fluorescently lit, it is strikingly decorated and there is a magnificent outlook through the wide windows.”

  2. To a remarkable degree or extent.

    “He was strikingly deficient in good sense.”

    “Each mate nursed his fellow, and some strikingly pathetic touches of devotion were shown here and there amongst them.”

  3. Remarkably, surprisingly.

    “Strikingly, he had bowed deeply to the Emperor.”

    “Then, they looked up which lawyers in these various lawsuits won their cases, and those who didn’t. Most strikingly, the researchers found that if the legal teams more closely mirrored a judge’s preferred writing style in documents such as past legal opinions, their chances of winning could more than double.”