strikingly

American  

[strahy-king-lee] / ˈstraɪ kɪŋ li /

adverb

1. in a way that is impressive, noticeable, or conspicuous.

   What I recall most is how the northern and southern facades, identical in construction, look strikingly different in the half light before dawn.

   The unknown actors playing the lead roles are strikingly photogenic and elegant against the film’s background of social unrest and urban blight.

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Etymology

Origin of strikingly

striking ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Although these species are only distantly related, many share strikingly similar wing color patterns that serve as warning signals to predators.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Their reunion has as much to teach both of them as it does the audience, bringing this story a strikingly beautiful new resonance that it could only incur with time.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

A similar survey, fielded by the University of Michigan, told a strikingly different story this month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Writer Douglas Kearney illuminates it strikingly in the curatorial statement etched into a back wall in “sister dreamer”: “… it’s the sacred phenomenon of luxe space that remembers without memorializing, celebrates without eulogizing. An anti-tomb.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

They were light brown, strikingly honey-colored against her dark skin.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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