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as in surprisingly
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as in conspicuously
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as in awfully
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Recent Examples of shockingly
Cream of Tartar & Lemon Juice Paste Like baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, cream of tartar and lemon shockingly has cleaning and brightening properties that are effective for lifting dirt and stains off grout lines.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
The photorealistic denim print is shockingly convincing, while Rag & Bone’s Miramar technique uses soft cotton terry on the inside for that lived-in, lounge-level feel.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
The 23-year-old rookie was billed as a winger for most of his career, but has been a shockingly impressive middle-six center fill-in with Dubois’ injury.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The Ravens now have to hire a head coach for the first time in almost two decades after shockingly firing John Harbaugh on Tuesday.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
When Pantone announced its 2026 Color of the Year is caused quite a stir due to being shockingly subdued.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
But audiences and critics alike loved the swing (which included, amid a kaleidoscope of depraved mayhem, disastrous IPOs, a brawl in a kids’ soft play area, abusive billionaire parents and two sudden deaths — one shockingly violent).
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
Diggs reunites with former Cowboys’ teammate Micah Parsons, whom Dallas shockingly traded to Green Bay six days before the season started.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Dec. 2025
Using a metal grid is a shockingly effective alternative storage option to the typical shoe rack.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
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While bold at first glance, electric blue is surprisingly wearable, acting almost like a modern neutral when paired with black, white, gray, navy, or denim.—
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With two bedrooms and two baths, the home is surprisingly expansive, boasting just under 2,400 square feet across its clever layout.—
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The first volume cast a wide net, encompassing iconic composers from Brazil (Jobim), Chile (Violeta Parra), and Argentina (Piazzolla), with Venezuela conspicuously not represented.—
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This year, too many new shows, specifically from the second-half of 2025, were conspicuously absent from the Actors Awards.—
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Robby—The Pitt executive producer, writer, director, and star Noah Wyle’s instantly iconic attending physician—is leading his final shift before a three-month leave that sounds like an awfully good idea following his meltdown last season.—
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However, officials went to the scorer’s table to review the play, which was awfully close.—
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Yes, Chelsea have hardly gone short of trophies over the past two decades (21, astonishingly, since 2005, even excluding Community Shields).—
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Set the scene Traversing across the South Pacific Ocean on a private speedboat revealed the astonishingly turquoise hues that attract visitors from around the world.—
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Its strikingly unusual forms might have risen from the ooze of the adjacent La Brea Tar Pits.—
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In a sea of dresses and conventional silhouettes, the Armani suit read as deliberate and modern, strikingly different from the rest.—
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The data center industry does not have a terribly good answer for this, except that their 83° sun-synchronous orbit is much less crowded than equatorial ones, meaning a lower risk of collisions.—
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Polls, however, suggest the bill is not terribly popular with voters, which has left Republicans saying the White House must do a better job of selling it.—
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People were making perfect croissants right in the middle of what was probably one of the most traumatic times for so many people, but some beautiful things did come out of it amazingly.—
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My dad speaks amazingly fluent and flawed German for a New Yorker who never studied it in school.—
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The horror comes from the violation of a group meant to exist in harmony — featuring a cast of real dancers as the luridly fluid characters — being thrown violently out of sync, like a body spasming.—
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But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.—
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“Shockingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockingly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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