Amazingly
[ə'mezɪŋli]
Definition
(adv.) in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise; 'amazingly, he finished medical school in three years'.
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Examples
- Though not a garrulous race, the Tharks are extremely formal, and their ways lend themselves amazingly to dignified and courtly manners. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And Jo felt as if during that fortnight her sister had grown up amazingly, and was drifting away from her into a world where she could not follow. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The amazingly large number of different varieties which we have today have all been brought into existence through the discovery of the process of grafting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Give me the dockyment, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, taking the will from his son, who appeared to enjoy the interview amazingly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And, indeed, though my mother's eyes are not so good as they were, she can see amazingly well still, thank God! Jane Austen. Emma.
- She passed a bad night, she awoke worn out, but later in the day she revived amazingly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She must be amazingly strong of heart, but it is much to be feared that she has set her heart upon the dead. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They would have been amazingly fond of him, especially your respectable mothers; I know they would. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Ursula looked at her, and thought how amazingly beautiful she was, flushed with discomfiture. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You daren't be anything that isn't amazingly A TERRE, SO much A TERRE that it is the artistic creation of ordinariness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This question seemed to tickle Malone amazingly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I must soon quit the scene, but you may live to see our country flourish, as it will amazingly and rapidly after the war is over. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This sally seemed to tickle the clerk amazingly, and he once more enjoyed a little quiet laugh to himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh, dear, yes, he liked it amazingly! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You know I proposed the cupboard, broke in Snodgrass, who was enjoying the joke amazingly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The smash at the end was amazingly swift. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At any rate, she was amazingly pretty, and he had asked her to tea and must live up to his obligations. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The measles and the small-pox were both amazingly fatal. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No one ate much, but everyone looked very happy, and the old room seemed to brighten up amazingly when the first romance of the family began there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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