astonishingly
part of speech
adverb (astonishingly)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a way that causes great surprise. tree →
2) Very, extremely: «astonishingly fast». tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in stories, reports and nature facts to show great surprise. Phrases: «astonishingly, …», «astonishingly well».
examples
- Astonishingly, the cat survived the fall. tree →
- The cheetah is astonishingly fast. tree →
- She did astonishingly well in her exam. tree →
- The ice was astonishingly thick. tree →
- Astonishingly, nobody noticed the elephant. tree →
- The seed grew astonishingly quickly. tree →
- It certainly occurred to the servant who had to clean his boots that they were astonishingly old boots for such a rich lord. tree →
note
From «astonishing». Stronger than «surprisingly».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «astonishingly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.