[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/suddenly/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / suddenly # suddenly adverb (suddenly); adjective sudden «suddenly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday Suddenly means quickly and without warning, when you didn't expect it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#m1) ### In the lessons In stories «suddenly» is a very common word that signals a surprise or a turning point: «Suddenly, the lights went out». Good writers sometimes use other words too (all at once, without warning, in a flash). In science and weather, things can change suddenly: a sudden storm, a sudden drop in temperature. In safety lessons, sudden moves near animals can scare them, and dogs can suddenly run into the road. Phrases: all of a sudden, sudden stop, suddenly appeared. ### Examples - Suddenly, there was a loud bang. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x1) - The rain started suddenly, and we all got wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x2) - The bus stopped suddenly, so hold on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x3) - All of a sudden, the cat jumped onto the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x4) - He suddenly remembered his homework was at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x5) - Don't make sudden movements near a strange dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x6) - The weather can change suddenly in the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x7) - The light suddenly went out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x8) - Suddenly there rode past another horseman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x9) ### Note Spelling: double «d» and «-ly»: suddenly. «All of a sudden» means the same. «Suddenly» describes how something happens; «sudden» describes a thing (a sudden noise). In stories, starting too many sentences with «Suddenly» weakens the surprise. ## In Jewish tradition God spoke "suddenly" to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, calling them out to the tent of meeting. In Job and the Psalms it describes disaster that strikes the wicked without warning, like an arrow shot from God. **Interpretation.** In the law about someone who dies suddenly beside a nazirite, the nazirite becomes unclean and must shave and begin again. Tradition reads the sudden fall of the wicked as a sign that God's justice can come at any moment. ### Examples - But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait, (Torah NUM.35.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suddenly/#x1) - And the LORD spoke suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam: 'Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting.' And they three came out. (Torah NUM.12.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suddenly/#x2) - And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. (Torah NUM.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suddenly/#x3) - I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed. (Writings JOB.5.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suddenly/#x4) - If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless. (Writings JOB.9.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suddenly/#x5) - But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds. (Writings PSA.64.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suddenly/#x6) ### Note Spelling: double «d» and «-ly»: suddenly. «All of a sudden» means the same. «Suddenly» describes how something happens; «sudden» describes a thing (a sudden noise). In stories, starting too many sentences with «Suddenly» weakens the surprise. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «suddenly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«suddenly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suddenly.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «suddenly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suddenly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«suddenly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/suddenly.html) on Mova free.