单词 | amazingly |
释义 | amazinglyadv. 1. In an amazing manner; so as to cause astonishment, or wonder, or great surprise. In later use also in a weakened sense: remarkably, exceedingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb] wonderlyc897 sellya1000 wonderc1175 wonderfullya1300 marvellouslya1382 marvellousa1400 marvelly?a1400 wonderful14.. wonderslyc1489 to marvelc1500 wondersc1528 wondrously1535 prodigiously1541 wondrous1557 admirably1570 admiredly1598 to a miracle?1614 marls1615 amazingly1650 miridically1652 mirificously1657 surprisingly1661 to wonder1661 astonishingly1668 prodigious1694 strikingly1752 amazing1760 à merveille1762 astoundingly1826 mirifically1873 breathtakingly1887 eye-poppingly1959 mind-bogglingly1973 staggeringly1976 mind-blowingly1977 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > amazingly or wonderfully wonderlyc1000 wonderc1175 wonderfullya1300 marvellouslya1382 marvellousa1400 marvelly?a1400 wonderful14.. miraculouslya1425 wonderslyc1489 wondersc1528 wondrously1535 prodigiously1541 wondrous1557 stupendly1621 stupendiously1629 amazingly1650 stupendously1659 astonishingly1668 tremendously1684 prodigious1694 portentously1755 miraculous1766 awesomely1821 stunningly1823 fabulously1845 devastatingly1905 fantastically1923 dizzyingly1952 staggeringly1976 1650 W. Beech Alarum to London 10 The Moon..is..there amazingly made to behold and gaze upon the rare and unheard of execusions of the Great Jehovah. 1744 H. Walpole Let. 1 Mar. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 353 My father has exerted himself most amazingly. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 178 The thigh bones of some amazingly large animal. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit i. vi. 44 The doctor was amazingly shabby, in a torn and darned rough-weather sea-jacket. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 16 Mar. 3/1 Some amazingly good imitations of Irish lace..being but a few shillings per yard. 1931 Movie Makers Feb. 97/1 (advt.) Panchromatic Film gives you a black and white reproduction that's amazingly beautiful. 1965 Internat. Migration Digest 2 194 The Polynesians built amazingly seaworthy craft. 2013 Daily Tel. 7 June 34 The Cape Verde Islands are..an amazingly varied group of islands. 2. As a sentence adverb: very surprisingly; in a way that causes astonishment or great surprise. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] unmindlingOE unsupposedc1425 unweeninglyc1480 ex improviso1521 unprovidedly1539 unexpectedly1605 unhopedly1611 unimagined1614 inexpectedly1626 startlinglya1645 surprisingly1667 unhoped1667 astonishingly1668 staggeringlya1682 shockingly1741 outrageously1749 funnily1837 shockingly1883 amazingly1928 1928 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 129 More directly but no less amazingly, a tropical hurricane..lifted also a shameful stigma from the island's slow and pallid workers. 1946 Sat. Evening Post 7 Sept. 93/3 His gray eyes glanced at Paul before he answered, and amazingly she saw a twinkle there. 1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life v. 89 I freak out when I feel on my lapel for the sapphire brooch and it's not there, but amazingly it turns up under the table. 2007 S. Martin No Way Home (2008) iv. 34 Even more amazingly, no one, including Warren, made even the slightest mention of it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1650 |
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