Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

of a sudden

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: of a -sud-den
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Alternative form of all of a sudden.

Example Sentences

"Then of a sudden the rope was still—the stone had caught at the very edge. Gingerly the ape-man clambered up the frail rope."
"Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear."

Synonyms

suddenly all of a sudden on the spur of the moment abruptly dead short

Questions

What does of a sudden mean?: Alternative form of all of a sudden.

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