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astoundingly

American  
[uh-staund-ing-lee] / əˈstaʊnd ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. in a way or to a degree that astounds; astonishingly.


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More important, it is evidence of how astoundingly ill-informed they are about the role they play in American life and how and why it has changed so dramatically.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But even humble midday meals are astoundingly more expensive, especially for office workers.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

Both of these conclusions are astoundingly backward, which may be why the majority did not try to flesh them out: to describe the majority’s reasoning is to refute it.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025

Giving a running commentary to her husband Ray, those three matching numbers on the couple's ticket quickly became "four", then "five" and then astoundingly, the magic "six".

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

Games like Tribe, Unreal, Quake, even the Legend of Zelda and, yes, Doom, can be astoundingly creative, challenging, and imaginative.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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