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Definition: Startlingly |
StartlinglyAdverb1. In a startling manner; "a startlingly modern voice". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "startlingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Henry David Thoreau | Our whole life is startlingly moral. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Our whole life is startlingly moral. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Back pain has become the high price paid by our modern lifestyle and is a startlingly common cause of disability for many Americans, including both active and inactive people. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Startlingly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Startlingly" is used about 116 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 116 | 29,969 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "startlingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | aufschreckende. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | καταπληκτικώσ (astonishingly, strikingly). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | riasztóan, ijesztően (atrociously, dauntingly, dreadfully). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | artlinglystay удивительно (astonishingly, strangely, surprisingly, uncommonly). (various references) | ||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "startlingly" (pronounced stÄ"rtlinglē) |
| 5 | -l i ng l ē | appallingly, appealingly, chillingly, compellingly, smilingly, tellingly, unfailingly, unwillingly, willingly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, alarmingly, amazingly, amusingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, charmingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, devastatingly, disappointingly, disarmingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frighteningly, frowningly, frustratingly, glowingly, grudgingly, haltingly, hauntingly, increasingly, interestingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, longingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, numbingly, obligingly, overwhelmingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, refreshingly, resoundingly, screamingly, seemingly, shockingly, soothingly, sparingly, sportingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, threateningly, unhesitatingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwittingly, warningly, wittingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-l-n-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: rattlingly. | |
-2 letters: lastingly, rallyings, rattlings, startling. | |
-3 letters: rallying, rallyist, rattling, sallying, signally, slangily, slatting, stalling, starling, starting, stingray, straitly, straying, tallying, tanistry, trysting. | |
-4 letters: allying, angrily, argylls, gastrin, gratins, gristly, install, lasting, lattins, nastily, nattily, ratings, ratlins, ratting, riantly, saintly, saltily, salting, slating, slaying, stagily, staling, staring, starlit, stating, staying, stringy, stygian, styling, syringa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-l-n-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+5 letters: otolaryngologist. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Familiar 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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