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strikingly

adv

Etymology

From striking + -ly.

Definitions

  1. In a striking way.

    • He entered strikingly, taking over the stage.
    • Fully air-conditioned and fluorescently lit, it is strikingly decorated and there is a magnificent outlook through the wide windows.

  2. To a remarkable degree or extent.

    • He was strikingly deficient in good sense.
    • Each mate nursed his fellow, and some strikingly pathetic touches of devotion were shown here and there amongst them.
    • Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.

  3. Remarkably, surprisingly.

    • Strikingly, he had bowed deeply to the Emperor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at strikingly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at strikingly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at strikingly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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