a-startadv.
/əˈstɑːt/ With a start, suddenly.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > [adverb]
feringc1000
ferlyc1000
suddenlyc1290
feringlya1300
in a braida1400
sudden?1404
of (a) suddentyc1440
at a braid1549–62
on or upon a (or the) sudden1558
at a (orthe) sudden1562
in a sudden1562
abruptly1565
on or upon (a) suddenty?1567
of a sudden1570
upon a very great sudden1572
in or on a great, in sic a suddenty1587
plump1594
unaware1667
surprisedly1680
a-start1721
abruptedly1784
with a bump1872
just so1971
1721 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 582 The Commissioner came out a start to the Assembly.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Thalassius 372 His heart, As out of sleep suddenly struck astart, Danced.
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