astonishing
adjective
causing astonishment or surprise; amazing.
astonishingly
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a word derived from
astonishing.
Example Sentences
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Alarmingly, there are also astonishingly few people who seem to understand math, or how all these things are connected.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
With “Alien” and “Blade Runner” just around the corner, it’s easy to overlook Scott’s astonishingly assured feature debut, which won him the prize for best first film at Cannes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Everything else about it was bigger too, most astonishingly the bottom line revealed by the document.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
"He committed to move the project on a very expedited schedule - astonishingly fast by Canadian standards, and appears to have delivered," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Emco had only one phone line, astonishingly, and Ernie’s son was on it playing a computer game.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
