astonishing
[uh-ston-i-shing]
- causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
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Origin of astonishing
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Contemporary Examples
And this is extremely powerful medicine, being prescribed at an astonishingly high rate.
His theories and interpretations are often astonishingly insightful.
This astonishingly simple yet devastatingly graphic representation of mass carnage attracts many thousands of visitors every day.
But perhaps most astonishingly of all, one in every ten of its 300,000 inhabitants will publish a book in their life.
Astonishingly, they have posted an ad for the film at the entrance of the Pont d'Alma tunnel where Diana was killed.
Historical Examples
She looked up at him coldly, astonishingly mistress of herself.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
Some “modern” preparations are astonishingly ancient, and vice versa.
And it is so because the achievement is astonishingly difficult.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
How astonishingly fresh it all is; the living deadly interest.
From Edinburgh to India & BurmahWilliam G. Burn Murdoch
And really, now, what I remembered of it seemed to me astonishingly good!
Two Sides of the FaceArthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
astonishing
- causing great surprise or amazement; astounding
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