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as in surprisingly
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as in conspicuously
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as in awfully
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Recent Examples of shockingly
Doncic now begins his first full season with Los Angeles after shockingly being traded to the Lakers midway through last year.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Doncic was open about being emotionally and mentally exhausted after the Dallas Mavericks shockingly traded him to Los Angeles.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Durant’s tumultuous 2 1/2-year stint with the Suns came to an end this summer after a shockingly bad 2024-25 season that ended with the team securing only 36 wins and failing to reach the Play-In Tournament — despite having one of the most expensive rosters in the NBA.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Even though the recipe comes together with just six ingredients and is shockingly simple, it’s still packed with flavor and comfort in every bite.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
After Brandon was shockingly eliminated from the season 34 competition on the latest episode of Dancing with the Stars alongside partner Lauren Jauregui, the internet was awash with questions about what the elimination meant for the pro.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
The drama reached its apex when Britney Haynes shockingly solved the maze in three minutes and thirty seconds and then chose Danielle Reyes to go next, even though Taylor Hale was volunteering.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Nearly 30,000 steps later, two flights, 10 hours in the air, and a mad dash through Paris, my feet were still shockingly pain-free.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
The 5-ingredient vintage recipe is shockingly good.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Doncic was open about being emotionally and mentally exhausted after the Dallas Mavericks shockingly traded him to Los Angeles.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Durant’s tumultuous 2 1/2-year stint with the Suns came to an end this summer after a shockingly bad 2024-25 season that ended with the team securing only 36 wins and failing to reach the Play-In Tournament — despite having one of the most expensive rosters in the NBA.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Even though the recipe comes together with just six ingredients and is shockingly simple, it’s still packed with flavor and comfort in every bite.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
After Brandon was shockingly eliminated from the season 34 competition on the latest episode of Dancing with the Stars alongside partner Lauren Jauregui, the internet was awash with questions about what the elimination meant for the pro.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
The drama reached its apex when Britney Haynes shockingly solved the maze in three minutes and thirty seconds and then chose Danielle Reyes to go next, even though Taylor Hale was volunteering.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Nearly 30,000 steps later, two flights, 10 hours in the air, and a mad dash through Paris, my feet were still shockingly pain-free.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
The 5-ingredient vintage recipe is shockingly good.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
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Better yet, the style is surprisingly affordable.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Enemy fighters are surprisingly more adept than expected, especially at normal difficulty.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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That’s something the Aztecs have had on their best teams, and something that was conspicuously absent at times last season.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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What ensues is a community-wide frenzy involving the kids’ teacher, their parents, the local police, and the one kid in class who conspicuously remained.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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That stat is going to be awfully difficult to beat.—
Tyler Geis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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That debate can seem awfully quaint.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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This is an astonishingly weak negotiating position.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Most of them are astonishingly clear, though a few are milkier or even red at depth (some of the red ones have clarity like a ruby).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Offering strikingly intimate access to a real, unfolding love triangle, the film documents all sides of what is usually kept behind closed doors.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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To celebrate the release of her debut solo studio album, Halle Bailey gets strikingly honest in the latest episode of Billboard’s Takes Us Out video series.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The market isn't terribly deep for that need this winter.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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This was natural mummification, a possible if not terribly likely occurrence in the dry cool February climate of Santa Fe, in this case in the confines of a private modern house.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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With this, her ninth picture, Reichardt takes her life-long fascination with large scale thievery and unreels a museum robbery that ranks as amazingly inept.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Even without the rigid protection of a hard shell, this softside suitcase is amazingly durable.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Shockingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockingly. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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