strikingly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of strikingly
Example Sentences
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The incident is strikingly similar to a May Times report that detailed how information from the scene failed to result in timely evacuations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
In satellite images nor'easters can look strikingly like a hurricane, with spiraling clouds forming over the ocean that span hundreds of miles of coastline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Even more strikingly, groups in which only 5 percent of the termites had initially encountered bistrifluron eventually reached 100 percent mortality by day 90.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Most strikingly, the pilots did not realise that their performance had deteriorated, the study found.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In Eumenides, Apollo, chosen to represent Orestes in his murder trial, mounts a strikingly original argument: he reasons that Orestes’s mother is no more than a stranger to him.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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