Definition of "astonishingly" []

• In an astonishing manner; so as to surprise or astonish. (adverb)
• Very; used as an intensifier. (adverb)

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• "Detroit, astonishingly, is still the 11th-largest city in the U.S."
• "Mr. Domingo, still in astonishingly robust voice, dominated his scenes; Mr. Castronovo, in a more lyric tenorial vein, brought both passion and restraint to Mario, and seemed to be singing in a different opera."
• "Despite the near-freezing temperature, people are dressed in astonishingly little."