astoundingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English astounding

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English astoundingly

From astounding + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

astoundingly (comparative more astoundingly, superlative most astoundingly)

1. In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.

   For such a fancy, well-known restaurant, the food was astoundingly bad.

Translations

in an astounding manner

• Finnish: ällistyttävästi