āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
shockingly
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shockingly
01
āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
in a way that causes strong feelings of outrage, horror, or moral disgust
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The politician had shockingly lied under oath for years.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻĒāĻĨā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
1.1
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
in a way that is extremely poor in quality, very unpleasant, or unacceptably bad
Dialect
British
BritishāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They arrived shockingly late to their own wedding.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻļā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
to a surprising or exaggerated degree
DialectBritish
BritishInformal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The actor is still shockingly good in live performances.
āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻĢāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
shockingly
shocking
shock
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
