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suddenly

adv
/ˈsʌd.ən.li/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly.

  1. inherited from sodenly

Definitions

  1. Happening quickly and with little or no warning

    Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

    • Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
    • They've suddenly decided to sell the house.
    • The king before he would take his voyage, sent the Erle of Huntyngdon to ſerche and ſcowre the Seas, leaſt any Frenchmen lyeng in wayte for him might attrap him sodeinly, or he had any knowledge of their ſetting forward.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at suddenly

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