astonied
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of astonied
1300–50; Middle English, past participle of astonyen to astonish; see -ed 2
Example Sentences
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And when they heard these words they fell down to the earth and were astonied; and therewith was a great clereness.
From Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) by Jean Froissart; Thomas Malory; Raphael Holinshed
The physic that I fetched for her quickly gave her ease, and I was something astonied at the blessings which the husband did heap upon me when I departed from them.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
The Senatours entringe into the court, what with the sodayn assembling of the wyues and of their request, were right sore astonied.
From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by William Carew Hazlitt
Why dost thou stand aghast, Voiceless, and thus astonied in thine air?
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
I shall ne’er be astonied if she wed with Arthur Tremayne.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
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