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Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out.
Sanjeev Bhaskar

Meaning of "startlingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STARTLINGLY

startlingly  [ˈstɑːtlɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STARTLINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Startlingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES STARTLINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of startlingly in the English dictionary

The definition of startlingly in the dictionary is strikingly. Other definition of startlingly is in a startling way; alarmingly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STARTLINGLY


appallingly
əˈpɔːlɪŋlɪ
appealingly
əˈpiːlɪŋlɪ
bafflingly
ˈbæflɪŋlɪ
chillingly
ˈtʃɪlɪŋlɪ
compellingly
kəmˈpɛlɪŋlɪ
dazzlingly
ˈdæzlɪŋlɪ
killingly
ˈkɪlɪŋlɪ
prattlingly
ˈprætlɪŋlɪ
puzzlingly
ˈpʌzlɪŋlɪ
rattlingly
ˈrætlɪŋlɪ
smilingly
ˈsmaɪlɪŋlɪ
stumblingly
ˈstʌmbəlɪŋlɪ
tattlingly
ˈtætlɪŋlɪ
tellingly
ˈtɛlɪŋlɪ
thrillingly
ˈθrɪlɪŋlɪ
tremblingly
ˈtrɛmblɪŋlɪ
unfailingly
ʌnˈfeɪlɪŋlɪ
unsmilingly
ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋlɪ
unwillingly
ʌnˈwɪlɪŋlɪ
willingly
ˈwɪlɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STARTLINGLY

starting block
starting gate
starting grid
starting handle
starting line
starting pistol
starting point
starting post
starting price
starting rate
starting salary
starting stalls
startingly
startle
startle colour
startled
startlement
startler
startling
startlish

WORDS THAT END LIKE STARTLINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
sparingly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly

Synonyms and antonyms of startlingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «startlingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STARTLINGLY

Find out the translation of startlingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of startlingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «startlingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人吃惊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sorprendentemente
570 millions of speakers

English

startlingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्णतया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مذهل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поразительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assustadoramente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তার হ্যারির মত উজ্জ্বল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étonnamment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mula-mula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufrüttelnd
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

驚くほどに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

놀랍
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Startlingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đáng chú
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திடுக்கிட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रखरपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

startlingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sorprendentemente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaskakująco
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

разюче
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uimitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκπληκτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verrassend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

startlingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbausende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of startlingly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STARTLINGLY»

The term «startlingly» is regularly used and occupies the 79.423 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STARTLINGLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about startlingly

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6 QUOTES WITH «STARTLINGLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word startlingly.
1
M. H. Abrams
When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
2
Ken Auletta
Stanford University is so startlingly paradisial, so fragrant and sunny, it's as if you could eat from the trees and live happily forever.
3
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out.
4
Nigel Farage
Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.
5
Alexandra Fuller
The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty.
6
Robert Gottlieb
You can approach 'The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death' in a variety or combination of ways: as a startlingly eccentric hobby; as a series of unresolved murder mysteries; as the manifestation of one woman's peculiar psychic life; as a lesson in forensics; as a metaphor for the fate of women; as a photographic study.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARTLINGLY»

Discover the use of startlingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to startlingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Startlingly moral
Explores the ways in which adolescent graduates of Jewish day schools construct their moral universe and wrestle with moral issues in and out of school.
Judd Eric Kruger Levingston, 2004
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Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete ...
The reason that people love Google so much is that it is startlingly useful. It delivers this startling usefulness in less than a second. It helps people do things they didn't think possible (answer any question, see who has the biggest garden in the ...
Adam Morgan, 2009
3
Child Maltreatment and the Law: Returning to First Principles
Chapter. 4. Defining. Maltreatment. and. Permitting. Startlingly. Broad. State. Intervention. As discussed in previous chapters, the state reserves for itself the power to intervene in children's abusive relationships and circumstances. One of the ...
Roger J.R. Levesque, 2009
4
Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China
He drained the family's budget for his Chinese translation of the New Testament, while his aggrieved, long-suffering wife did her utmost to create a homely environment for her children, several of whom died tragically young.Pearl Buck would ...
Hilary Spurling, 2011
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New York Magazine
The. Insatiable. Critic/Gael. Greene. CATCH. A. RISING. STAR. PISH. ". . .Mere. garnishes. are. startlingly. delicious: potato. galette. with. deep-fried. ginger. strings,. a. nest. of. crisp-fried. leek. . ." Art/Kay Larson BONFIRE OF THE CALAMITIES ...
6
Earth-honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key
None would have given religion any such standing.2 Startlingly moral These pages have been woven around three assumptions. First, “our whole life is startlingly moral.”' In one sense it has been ever thus. Moral is the kind of creature Homo ...
Larry L. Rasmussen, 2012
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Mysticism in American Literature: Thoreau's Quest and ...
“Our whole life,” he says, “is startlingly moral” — as though he has just discovered the fact. Startlingly registers the excitement of discovery. Which we also have made, but we don't know that until we seek spiritual realizations enabling us to ...
Paul Hourihan, Anna Hourihan, 2011
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The Christian Quarterly
We can not say that there is any thing startlingly original or profound in them ; indeed, we are glad there is not, for any thing startlingly original concerning the Old Testament is most oft the startlingly untrue ; but there 262 [April, Studies of ...
‎1873
9
Broadway Yearbook 2000-2001 : A Relevant and Irreverent ...
This is the same fellow who directed the startlingly good production of The Real Thing, a highlight of the 1999-2000 season. He also directed the startlingly intriguing production of Electra that visited Broadway in 1998. He also directed the ...
Steven Suskin, 2002
10
Boating
_A\ I z I A Day 5: Discover, to your horror, 4 " that the startlingly attractive woman is I T the daughter of the boat's owner and I A I I was only in from Michigan for the day. cnmsme CANNES: Reconsider this Whole boating thing. ~hen you [Hug ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STARTLINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term startlingly is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Last Pilot: British Writer's Startlingly Authentic America
Benjamin Johncock has written one of the most American novels of the year. The Last Pilot is a historical work of fiction spanning across the defining two ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Yvette Cooper hits out at 'startlingly retro' Labour leadership campaign
Labour is conducting a “startlingly retro” leadership campaign and is at risk of going back ... Personalising the subject, Cooper added: “It's been a startlingly retro ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Kylie Jenner reveals startlingly slim waist sparking shock from fans …
Kylie Jenner has revealed her startlingly slim waist in a new Snapchat video, sparking shock among her fans as she prepares for her eighteenth birthday. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Alesha Dixon looks startlingly slim as she flashes cleavage in …
Alesha Dixon's fans have been speculating about her figure after she looked startlingly slim in a selfie. The Britain's Got Talent judge posed and showed off her ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
PlayStation Now UK Hands-On Review: Startlingly Smooth, Slightly …
It was a disappointing announcement when, around the unveiling of the PlayStation 4, Sony revealed that its latest console wouldn't come with native backwards ... «Gizmodo UK, Jul 15»
6
Brazil's guidelines for healthy eating are startlingly frank and …
Following up on the 152-pages of dietary guidelines it released in November 2014, the Brazilian government has created a four-and-a-half minute video on ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
7
The Mayflower was startlingly short and fat
At Mystic Seaport, you can pay ~$20 and wander around a refurbished 18th-19th Century shipyard and village. One of the things they have there is a replica of ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
8
Study: Drug Abuse Startlingly Common In Food Service, Construction
Nearly 19 percent of food service workers either abuse or are addicted to drugs, according to a new study, but the figure is less than five percent among military ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
9
Kevin Sumlin And Brady Hoke Have Startlingly Similar Résumés
Michigan fired Brady Hoke, after a dreadful 2014 season. A risible headline during that debacle was that then Michigan AD Dave Brandon passed on Kevin ... «The Big Lead, Jun 15»
10
Israel's new rightist government takes a startlingly centrist turn
And as the system returns to a measure of normalcy, some startling characteristics of the new political configuration created by the March election are becoming ... «The Times of Israel, Jun 15»

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