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startlingly

/ˈstɑɹtɫɪŋˌɫi/ adv C1 ✓

In a startling manner; surprisingly; shockingly.

Word Origin Startlingly means in a surprising, sudden way. Startle comes from start (Old English styrtan 'to leap up') plus the frequentative suffix -le, so it means to cause to leap up repeatedly. The PIE root *stert- meant 'to sneeze, stumble' — a sudden involuntary movement! The same root gives us start, restart, and upstart. The -ing and -ly suffixes make it an adverb. So startlingly is doing something that makes you jump.

adv In a startling manner; surprisingly; shockingly. C1 ✓

The test results were startlingly different from what we had predicted.

(副词) 惊人地；令人震惊地

测试结果与我们预测的惊人地不同。

(adverbio) De manera sorprendente; asombrosamente; impactantemente.

Los resultados de la prueba fueron sorprendentemente diferentes de lo que habíamos predicho.

(adverbe) de manière saisissante; étonnamment; de façon stupéfiante; choquamment [De manière saisissante ou choquante.]

Les résultats du test étaient étonnamment différents de ce que nous avions prédit.

(Adverb) überraschend; erschreckend; aufsehenerregend [Auf eine Weise, die überrascht, erschreckt oder unerwartet stark beeindruckt; in erstaunlichem oder alarmierendem Maße.]

Die Testergebnisse wichen **startlingly** von unseren Vorhersagen ab.

(副詞) 驚くほど、衝撃的に、びっくりさせる様子で。

テストの結果は、私たちが予測していたものと **startlingly** 違っていた。

(advérbio) surpreendentemente; chocantemente; assustadoramente [De maneira surpreendente; surpreendentemente; chocantemente.]

Os resultados do teste foram surpreendentemente diferentes do que havíamos previsto.

Synonyms: surprisingly shockingly amazingly astoundingly stunningly Antonyms: unsurprisingly expectedly predictably
Word parts: start + le + ing + ly

Common collocations

be verb of prep to prep in prep for prep have verb beautiful adj blue adj similar adj some adj this adj original adj

Related words

startle startler starter restart

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