stunning
[stuhn-ing]
- causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength: a stunning blow.
- of striking beauty or excellence: What a stunning dress you're wearing!
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Origin of stunning
Synonyms
See more synonyms for stunning on Thesaurus.com1. stupefying, numbing, dumbfounding, astounding.
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Examples from the Web for stunningly
Contemporary Examples
Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison, our 8th and 9th Presidents respectively, were stunningly unremarkable.
Paltrow and Theron, two of the most stunningly beautiful actresses in Hollywood, seem to enjoy doing things in pairs.
Dear Charlize Theron and Gwyneth Paltrow: Googling Yourself Isn’t “Rape” or “War”Marlow Stern
May 31, 2014
“She is stunningly brilliant and knows how to articulate complex genius without any hoity toitiness,” Sarah says about Susan.
Nevertheless, American Hustle is a stunningly sexy—and messy—entertainment.
From ‘American Hustle’ to ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ Why Is Hollywood Hooked On Embellishing the Truth?Marina Watts, Marlow Stern
January 8, 2014
He was the most beautifully, stunningly tanned, muscular, blonde, green-eyed guy.
‘Hunger Games’ Star Sam Claflin Is as Surprised as You Are That He Was Cast as Finnick OdairKevin Fallon
November 13, 2013
Historical Examples
Say, but did you ever see anything as stunningly pretty in your life?
The Haunted PajamasFrancis Perry Elliott
He suffered terribly with suffocation, but bore it stunningly well.
The Letters of William James, Vol. IIWilliam James
The music which issued from the depths of that stunningly mysterious passage swelled to a crescendo—and stopped.
The latter departed, and at one o'clock reappeared, stunningly arrayed in a dark-blue walking dress, with a nobby hat to match.
Sister CarrieTheodore Dreiser
He consumed bits of breakfast, with a sour confession that a newspaper-article had hit him at last, and stunningly.
Diana of the Crossways, CompleteGeorge Meredith
stunning
- informal very attractive, impressive, astonishing, etc
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