SHOCKINGLY

shockingly

(adverb) so as to shock the feelings; “One day, she lost her temper, completely, suddenly and, even to herself, shockingly”; “Suddenly, shockingly, the clergyman’s son was a desperado.”

shockingly

(adverb) extremely; “teachers were shockingly underpaid”

shockingly

(adverb) very badly; “they behaved shockingly at the funeral”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

shockingly (comparative more shockingly, superlative most shockingly)

In a shocking manner.

To a shocking degree.

Anagrams

• shylocking

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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