Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shockingly

/ʃˈɑkɪŋli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: shock-ing-ly
IPA: /ʃˈɑkɪŋli/

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a shocking manner.

adv

To a shocking degree.

Example Sentences

"He had thinned shockingly, losing 100 pounds in the last month of his illness."
"Their efforts were shockingly slipshod."
"He’s forced to travel back to 1969 to prevent an evil alien (a shockingly effective, nearly unrecognizable Jemaine Clement of Flight Of The Conchords, playing sort of a psychotic extraterrestrial-biker serial killer) from destroying the world by killing Brolin. Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg."

Etymology

Etymology tree English shocking Middle English -ly English -ly English shockingly From shocking + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more shockingly (comparative) most shockingly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce shockingly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɑkɪŋli/.
What does shockingly mean?: In a shocking manner.
Where does shockingly come from?: Etymology tree English shocking Middle English -ly English -ly English shockingly From shocking + -ly.

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