staggeringadjective
uk/ˈstæɡ.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˈstæɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ/C1 very shocking and surprising:
It costs a staggering $50,000 per week to keep the museum open to the public.
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Surprising and shocking
- a blinding flash idiom
- a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
- amaze
- amazing
- astonish
- bolt
- breath
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- expectation
- eye-opener
- faze
- revelation
- spring sth on sb
- startle
- startling
- sting
- stunning
- stupefy
- thunderbolt
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staggeringly
adverb uk/ˈstæɡ.ər.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈstæɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ.li/
staggeringly expensive