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shockingly

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shock·ing  (shkng)
adj.
1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
3. Very vivid or intense in tone: shocking pink.
shocking·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.shockingly - extremely; "teachers were shockingly underpaid"
2.shockingly - so as to shock the feelings
Translations
shockingly [ˈʃɒkɪŋlɪ] ADV
1. (with adj) [bad, expensive] → terriblemente
2. (with verb) [behave] → terriblemente mal, fatal; [age, change] → de manera espantosa
shockingly [ˈʃɒkɪŋli] adv
(= terribly) [bad, expensive] → affreusement
(as sentence adverb) shockingly, ... → ..., ce qui est un véritable scandale
shocking pink
adj → rose vif inv
n → rose m vif inv
shockingly
adv
(= badly) → schrecklich, furchtbar; to behave shockingly (toward(s) somebody) → sich (jdm gegenüber) haarsträubend or miserabel benehmen
(= extremely) → entsetzlich, schrecklich
(= disturbingly) → erschreckend; suddenly and shockingly → auf plötzliche und erschreckende Weise


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In looks and conduct she has altered most shockingly in the last week.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
"The man is in a shockingly weak state," he announced.
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I would illustrate my idea of fidelity as between man and ship, between the master and his art, by a statement which, though it might appear shockingly sophisticated, is really very simple.
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