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# astonishingly

«astonishingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that causes great surprise** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (astonishingly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that causes great surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#m1)

2) Very, extremely: «astonishingly fast». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories, reports and nature facts to show great surprise. Phrases: «astonishingly, …», «astonishingly well».

### examples

- Astonishingly, the cat survived the fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x1)
- The cheetah is astonishingly fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x2)
- She did astonishingly well in her exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x3)
- The ice was astonishingly thick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x4)
- Astonishingly, nobody noticed the elephant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x5)
- The seed grew astonishingly quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x6)
- It certainly occurred to the servant who had to clean his boots that they were astonishingly old boots for such a rich lord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/#x7)

### note

From «astonishing». Stronger than «surprisingly».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «astonishingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonishingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.