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# astonishingly

adverb (astonishingly)

«astonishingly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a way that causes great surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#m1)
2. Very, extremely: «astonishingly fast». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories, reports and nature facts to show great surprise. Phrases: «astonishingly, …», «astonishingly well».

### Examples

- Astonishingly, the cat survived the fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x1)
- The cheetah is astonishingly fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x2)
- She did astonishingly well in her exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x3)
- The ice was astonishingly thick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x4)
- Astonishingly, nobody noticed the elephant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x5)
- The seed grew astonishingly quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x6)
- It certainly occurred to the servant who had to clean his boots that they were astonishingly old boots for such a rich lord. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x7)

### Note

From «astonishing». Stronger than «surprisingly».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «astonishingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«astonishingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/astonishingly.html) on Mova free.