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# suddenly

«suddenly» in Mova's school dictionary: **quickly and without warning, when you didn't expect it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (suddenly); adjective sudden

### meaning for a pupil

Suddenly means quickly and without warning, when you didn't expect it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «suddenly» is a very common word that signals a surprise or a turning point: «Suddenly, the lights went out». Good writers sometimes use other words too (all at once, without warning, in a flash). In science and weather, things can change suddenly: a sudden storm, a sudden drop in temperature. In safety lessons, sudden moves near animals can scare them, and dogs can suddenly run into the road. Phrases: all of a sudden, sudden stop, suddenly appeared.

### examples

- Suddenly, there was a loud bang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x1)
- The rain started suddenly, and we all got wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x2)
- The bus stopped suddenly, so hold on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x3)
- All of a sudden, the cat jumped onto the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x4)
- He suddenly remembered his homework was at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x5)
- Don't make sudden movements near a strange dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x6)
- The weather can change suddenly in the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x7)
- The light suddenly went out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x8)
- Suddenly there rode past another horseman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suddenly/#x9)

### note

Spelling: double «d» and «-ly»: suddenly. «All of a sudden» means the same. «Suddenly» describes how something happens; «sudden» describes a thing (a sudden noise). In stories, starting too many sentences with «Suddenly» weakens the surprise.

### In the corpora

- [An old Scandinavian folk story said lemmings fell from the sky in storms, because they appeared so suddenly in boom years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs/13/)
- [Dogs get stressed when a routine suddenly changes, for example when the holidays end.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces/14/)
- [A happy rabbit may do a binky, leaping and twisting in the air, or flop suddenly onto its side to rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/11/)
- [The hole went straight like a tunnel and then dipped suddenly down into a very deep well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole/12/)
- [Suddenly the Queen stands in front of them, frowning like a thunderstorm: «either you or your head must be off».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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