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astounding [uh-stoun-ding] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
Origin of astounding First recorded in 1580–90; astound + -ing2 Related formsas·tound·ing·ly, adverb Examples from the Web for astoundingly Contemporary Examples of astoundingly
However, not all awful, astoundingly dumb political memes are created equal.
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January 1, 2015
Gopal, a journalist who covered the war, gives a devastating account of how the conflict was astoundingly mishandled.
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Despite the inadvertent hilarity, the real marvel of our mobile text-correction systems is how astoundingly good they are.
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Just when I thought there was nothing conservatives could say or do that would shock me, they proved me astoundingly wrong.
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Astoundingly, judges ruled in favor of admitting the lyrics in 80 percent of those criminal trials.
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Historical Examples of astoundingly
They may be right, but there is just the possibility that they may be astoundingly wrong.
E. F. Benson
This thing was so big, so astoundingly and unexpectedly important.
John Galsworthy
Now and then the boy looked like his father, astoundingly like, and disturbingly.
Anna Chapin Ray
To Robbins it was as if, astoundingly, an outsider had voiced the thought of his own heart.
Mary Antin
What had he expected that this should all be so astoundingly different.
H. G. Wells
British Dictionary definitions for astoundingly astounding adjective
- causing amazement and wonder; bewildering
Derived Formsastoundingly, adverb