Definition of "startlingly" [star•tling•ly]

• In a startling manner; in a manner that startles; surprisingly; shockingly. (adverb)

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• "The new stories take up the theme of exile, but express it in startlingly different ways."
• "Millicent's distant voice, fresh and strong and pure in the night, chanted the word startlingly to the first notes of a phrase from the Jewel Song."
• "While it’s the director’s and actors’ jobs to realize what’s on the page, great screenwriters deliver a vision that illustrates everything — from plot to characterization — in startlingly few words."