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shockingly

adv

Etymology

From shocking + -ly.

  1. derived from *(s)kek-✻
  2. derived from *skakaną✻
  3. derived from *skukkaną✻
  4. derived from *skokkan✻
  5. derived from choquer
  6. derived from schokken
  7. formed as shocking — “shock + -ing”
  8. suffixed as shockingly — “shocking + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a shocking manner.

    • He had thinned shockingly, losing 100 pounds in the last month of his illness.

  2. To a shocking degree.

    • Their efforts were shockingly slipshod.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA