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shock·ing

 (shŏk′ĭng)
adj.
1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
3. Very vivid or intense in tone: shocking pink.

shock′ing·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.shockingly - extremely; "teachers were shockingly underpaid"
2.shockingly - so as to shock the feelings
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Translations
بصورةٍ سَيِّئَهجِدا
mizerněstrašně
chokerende
hræîilegahræîilega illa
aşırıçok kötü şekildemüthiş

shockingly

[ˈʃɒkɪŋlɪ] ADV
1. (with adj) [bad, expensive] → terriblemente
2. (with verb) [behave] → terriblemente mal, fatal; [age, change] → de manera espantosa
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shockingly

[ˈʃɒkɪŋli] adv
(= terribly) [bad, expensive] → affreusement
(as sentence adverb) shockingly, ... → ..., ce qui est un véritable scandaleshocking pink
adjrose vif inv
nrose m vif inv
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shockingly

adv
(= badly)schrecklich, furchtbar; to behave shockingly (toward(s) somebody)sich (jdm gegenüber) haarsträubend or miserabel benehmen
(= extremely)entsetzlich, schrecklich
(= disturbingly)erschreckend; suddenly and shockinglyauf plötzliche und erschreckende Weise
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shock1

(ʃok) noun
1. a severe emotional disturbance. The news gave us all a shock.
2. (often electric shock) the effect on the body of an electric current. He got a slight shock when he touched the live wire.
3. a sudden blow coming with great force. the shock of an earthquake.
4. a medical condition caused by a severe mental or physical shock. He was suffering from shock after the crash.
verb
to give a shock to; to upset or horrify. Everyone was shocked by his death; The amount of violence shown on television shocks me.
ˈshocker noun
a very unpleasant person or thing. This headache is a real shocker.
ˈshocking adjective
1. causing horror or dismay. shocking news.
2. very bad. a shocking cold.
ˈshockingly adverb
1. very. shockingly expensive.
2. very badly. It was shockingly made.
ˈshock-absorber noun
a device (in a motor car etc) for reducing the effect of bumps.
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References in classic literature ?
In looks and conduct she has altered most shockingly in the last week.
"The man is in a shockingly weak state," he announced.
I would illustrate my idea of fidelity as between man and ship, between the master and his art, by a statement which, though it might appear shockingly sophisticated, is really very simple.
This sudden noise startled us shockingly; but the news was good, for it was only six.
Dull, low, rapidly muttering, it was unlike, shockingly unlike, the familiar voice of her aunt.
Instead of answering, he burst into a fit of laughter--loud, coarse, hard laughter, so utterly unlike any sound I had ever yet heard issue from his lips, so strangely and shockingly foreign to his character as I understood it, that I stood still on the sands and openly remonstrated with him.
"Everything shockingly exaggerated, of course," she declared.
my very laugh is musical, I know," interrupted Maria; "but then it is often shockingly out of time."
Upwards of a hundred savages were destroyed by the explosion, many more were shockingly mutilated, and for days afterwards the limbs and bodies of the slain were thrown upon the beach.
He didn't stir hand or foot and not even the quiver of an eyelid proved that he had heard my shockingly unbecoming retort.
Drinking, gambling, quarrels, fights, and shockingly immoral practices were frequent.
He has startled and distressed me shockingly! I want to frighten him.