astonishingly
IPA: ʌstˈɑnɪʃɪŋɫi
adverb
- In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish.
- Very; remarkably used as an intensifier.
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Examples of "astonishingly" in Sentences
- Detroit, astonishingly, is still the 11th-largest city in the U.S.
- Despite the near-freezing temperature, people are dressed in astonishingly little.
- I got called "Jesus" about as often as I witnessed men pleasuring themselves, which is to say astonishingly often.
- Congress is moving at a pace that can fairly be characterized as astonishingly fast to slash the number of Americans who lack health insurance by more than half.
- Sales at stores open at least a year increased 6% on an annual basis, a performance that Liberum Capital analyst Simon Irwin described as "astonishingly strong given the environment."
- Mr. Domingo, still in astonishingly robust voice, dominated his scenes; Mr. Castronovo, in a more lyric tenorial vein, brought both passion and restraint to Mario, and seemed to be singing in a different opera.