suddenly

sud·den  (sdn)

adj.

1. Happening without warning; unforeseen: a sudden storm.

2. Characterized by hastiness; abrupt or rash: a sudden decision. See Synonyms at impetuous.

3. Characterized by rapidity; quick and swift.

Idiom:

all of a sudden

Very quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.

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[Middle English sodain, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *subitnus, from Latin subitneus, from subitus, from past participle of subre, to approach stealthily : sub-, secretly; see sub- + re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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sudden·ly adv.

sudden·ness n.

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suddenly [ˈsʌd^ənlɪ]

adv

(sentence modifier) quickly and without warning; unexpectedly

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suddenly

• squall - A violent wind that comes in suddenly, but does not last long, and is often accompanied by rain or snow.
• amaze, surprise - Amaze once meant "alarm, terrify," but now means "astonish"; surprise means "meet with suddenly or without warning."
• intersilient - Describing something suddenly emerging in the midst of something.
• subitary - "Suddenly or hastily done or made."

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	suddenly - happening unexpectedly; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side" of a sudden, all of a sudden
	2.	suddenly - quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" abruptly, dead, short
	3.	suddenly - on impulse; without premeditation; "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly" on the spur of the moment

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suddenly

adverb abruptly, all of a sudden, all at once, unexpectedly, straight away, out of the blue (informal), without warning, in an instant, without notice, on the spur of the moment, like a shot Suddenly, she looked ten years older.

Translations

suddenly [ˈsʌdnlɪ] ADV

1. (= all at once) → de repente, de pronto
I suddenly felt faint → de repente or de pronto sentí que me mareaba
he resigned suddenly in June → de repente en junio dimitió
suddenly, the door opened → de repente or de pronto se abrió la puerta

2. (= abruptly) [cease, die] → repentinamente, de repente; [move] → bruscamente
the rain stopped as suddenly as it had begun → la lluvia paró tan repentinamente or de repente como había empezado
the taxi stopped suddenly in front of the hotel → el taxi paró bruscamente delante del hotel

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suddenly [ˈsʌd^ənli] adv → soudain, soudainement
He sat down suddenly → Il s'assit soudain., Il s'assit soudainement.
Suddenly, the door opened → Soudain, la porte s'est ouverte.

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suddenly

adv → plötzlich, auf einmal; move also → jäh, abrupt; he had died suddenly of a heart attack → er war ganz plötzlich an einem Herzanfall gestorben

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suddenly [ˈsʌdnlɪ] adv → improvvisamente, all'improvviso

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suddenly → فجأةً náhle pludselig plötzlich ξαφνικά de repente yhtäkkiä soudainement odjednom improvvisamente 突然に 갑자기 plotseling plutselig nagle repentinamente вдруг plötsligt อย่างกระทันหัน aniden bất ngờ 突然