astonished
adjective
filled with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amazed.
astonishedly
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a word derived from
astonished.
Example Sentences
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Ruth did not move but stared astonishedly at the patient.
From The Ragged Edge by Harold MacGrath
"For the buttons?"--and "Uncle" stares astonishedly at me--"for these buttons?"
From Hunger by Knut Hamsun
"The coolness of him!" cried Camille, indignantly, while her brother's dark eyes turned astonishedly from one to the other.
From Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls by Fannie E. Newberry
Hoddan astonishedly regarded his whiskery countenance, contorted with grief and dampened with tears.
From The Pirates of Ersatz by Kelly Freas
"Why, what does he know of me?" astonishedly.
From Sara, a Princess by Fannie E. Newberry
