astonishingadjective
uk/əˈstɒn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/us/əˈstɑː.nɪ.ʃɪŋ/B2 very surprising:
Her first novel enjoyed an astonishing success.
[ + to infinitive ] It's astonishing to think that only a few years ago he was a completely unknown actor.
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- Her writing shows astonishing depth.
- His facility for languages is astonishing.
- Ellen's familiarity with pop music is astonishing.
- What other astonishing nuggets of wisdom do you have for us?
- Old people often have astonishing powers of recall.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surprising and shocking
- a blinding flash idiom
- a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
- amaze
- amazing
- astonish
- bolt
- breath
- earth-shattering
- expectation
- eye-opener
- faze
- flabbergast
- revelation
- staggering
- startle
- startling
- sting
- stunning
- stupefy
- thunderbolt
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astonishingly
adverb uk/əˈstɒn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ.li/us/əˈstɑː.nɪ.ʃɪŋ.li/
Astonishingly, I've never visited the British Museum in all the years I've lived here.
She did astonishingly well in her exams.