Shockingly
adverb
In a way that causes surprise or disbelief.
She behaved shockingly at the party
Often appears as...
- shockingly bad
- shockingly terrible
adverb
To a degree that upsets or offends people.
The movie was shockingly violent
Often appears as...
- shockingly violent
- shockingly rude
adverb
In a way that causes surprise or disbelief.
She behaved shockingly at the party
Often appears as...
- shockingly bad
- shockingly terrible
adverb
To a degree that upsets or offends people.
The movie was shockingly violent
Often appears as...
- shockingly violent
- shockingly rude
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Surprise Level
Used when something is much more intense than expected, often in a negative context.
The exam was shockingly difficult.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
Emphasizes that the result or behavior was not just unexpected but also undesirable.
His test score was shockingly low.
Pro Tip 3/3Add Emphasis
Stresses your strong reaction to an event, often beyond just surprise.
She was shockingly unaware of the rules.
Pro Tip 1/3Surprise Level
Used when something is much more intense than expected, often in a negative context.
The exam was shockingly difficult.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
Emphasizes that the result or behavior was not just unexpected but also undesirable.
His test score was shockingly low.
Pro Tip 3/3Add Emphasis
Stresses your strong reaction to an event, often beyond just surprise.
She was shockingly unaware of the rules.
Pro Tip 1/3Surprise Level
Used when something is much more intense than expected, often in a negative context.
The exam was shockingly difficult.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
Emphasizes that the result or behavior was not just unexpected but also undesirable.
His test score was shockingly low.
Pro Tip 3/3Add Emphasis
Stresses your strong reaction to an event, often beyond just surprise.
She was shockingly unaware of the rules.
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Katie Mack: Life-altering...
everywhere in the cosmos was, like, filled with this sort of roiling plasma. And so if we look far enough away, we should see it, because we're looking so far back in time that we're looking at the time when the whole universe was on fire. And we do see that shockingly, we actually do see that.
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How to support witnesses...
When we asked them directly, in our study, whether organizations could do something to improve the fact that they might report, they said, number one that they could do better was allowing for witness anonymity. Second was providing choices about who to report to. Perhaps shockingly,
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Our story of rape and...
The indulgent self-pity was starved of oxygen, and it was replaced with the clean air of acceptance -- an acceptance that I did hurt this wonderful person standing next to me; an acceptance that I am part of a large and shockingly everyday grouping of men
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How I'm using biological...
when shockingly, everybody dies. Survey data on that person's political beliefs, along with their psychographic and demographic data, are integrated into the system to gain a deeper understanding of the individual. Let me give you an example.
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The mysterious microbes...
Which is a crazy way to live, but shockingly seems to work out for a lot of microbes in earth. The other possibility is for a microbe to just say, "Nah, I don't need the surface world. I'm good down here." For microbes that go this route,
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Watch this if you're...
The rattle consists of hollow, interlocked segments made of keratin, the same substance that makes our nails and hair. When the snake shakes its tail, these segments hit each other, creating a shockingly loud noise.
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The Tragedy of Air...
to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate. Ella's story is unique, I admit, but her experience is shockingly ordinary. In too many countries around the world, air pollution exceeds
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Understanding asteroids...
people were injured shockingly we had no advance warning world space agencies and governments first learned about that asteroid on Twitter there was a far more devastating asteroid that impacted near
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"Where Love Is Illegal":...
She's been bullied and thrown out of school, she has been raped and most shockingly, her brother and father, in order to protect the family honor, have on several occasions attempted to murder her.
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How We Can Make the...
Now that's the plan, but can we get there? Can this vision for a better world really be achieved? Well, I'm here today because we've run the numbers, and the answer, shockingly,
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Katie Mack: Life-altering...
everywhere in the cosmos was, like, filled with this sort of roiling plasma. And so if we look far enough away, we should see it, because we're looking so far back in time that we're looking at the time when the whole universe was on fire. And we do see that shockingly, we actually do see that.
Video examples
How to support witnesses...
When we asked them directly, in our study, whether organizations could do something to improve the fact that they might report, they said, number one that they could do better was allowing for witness anonymity. Second was providing choices about who to report to. Perhaps shockingly,
Video examples
Our story of rape and...
The indulgent self-pity was starved of oxygen, and it was replaced with the clean air of acceptance -- an acceptance that I did hurt this wonderful person standing next to me; an acceptance that I am part of a large and shockingly everyday grouping of men
Video examples
How I'm using biological...
when shockingly, everybody dies. Survey data on that person's political beliefs, along with their psychographic and demographic data, are integrated into the system to gain a deeper understanding of the individual. Let me give you an example.
Video examples
The mysterious microbes...
Which is a crazy way to live, but shockingly seems to work out for a lot of microbes in earth. The other possibility is for a microbe to just say, "Nah, I don't need the surface world. I'm good down here." For microbes that go this route,
Video examples
Watch this if you're...
The rattle consists of hollow, interlocked segments made of keratin, the same substance that makes our nails and hair. When the snake shakes its tail, these segments hit each other, creating a shockingly loud noise.
Video examples
The Tragedy of Air...
to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate. Ella's story is unique, I admit, but her experience is shockingly ordinary. In too many countries around the world, air pollution exceeds
Video examples
Understanding asteroids...
people were injured shockingly we had no advance warning world space agencies and governments first learned about that asteroid on Twitter there was a far more devastating asteroid that impacted near
Video examples
"Where Love Is Illegal":...
She's been bullied and thrown out of school, she has been raped and most shockingly, her brother and father, in order to protect the family honor, have on several occasions attempted to murder her.
Video examples
How We Can Make the...
Now that's the plan, but can we get there? Can this vision for a better world really be achieved? Well, I'm here today because we've run the numbers, and the answer, shockingly,
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Freddie Wong
American Director
Shooting on location and dressing locations in Los Angeles is shockingly expensive, especially when you're talking about webseries-level budgets, so the opportunity to build our sets in YouTube's space gives us a lot more room in our budget in being able to create the world of 'VGHS' properly.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.
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Jessica Valenti
American Writer
Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.
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Tom Freston
American Businessman
We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little idea of how the world sees us. And those disturbing facts keep getting us into a lot of trouble.
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Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
I do think there is much truth in the Young German idea that marriage is a shockingly immoral institution, as well as what we have long known it for - an extremely disagreeable one.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
A novel is not a play. A novel takes one reader at a time into its confidence. It can be shockingly personal. Private, even.
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Trey Parker
American Artist
I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff.
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Andrew Ng
Chinese Scientist
Life is shockingly short; I don't want to waste that many days.
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Emma Stone
American Actress
I'm shockingly terrible at action movies.
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Bianca Del Rio
American Entertainer
Shockingly, I'm pretty normal.
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Freddie Wong
American Director
Shooting on location and dressing locations in Los Angeles is shockingly expensive, especially when you're talking about webseries-level budgets, so the opportunity to build our sets in YouTube's space gives us a lot more room in our budget in being able to create the world of 'VGHS' properly.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.
Quote examples
Jessica Valenti
American Writer
Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.
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Tom Freston
American Businessman
We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little idea of how the world sees us. And those disturbing facts keep getting us into a lot of trouble.
Quote examples
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
I do think there is much truth in the Young German idea that marriage is a shockingly immoral institution, as well as what we have long known it for - an extremely disagreeable one.
Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
A novel is not a play. A novel takes one reader at a time into its confidence. It can be shockingly personal. Private, even.
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Trey Parker
American Artist
I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff.
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Andrew Ng
Chinese Scientist
Life is shockingly short; I don't want to waste that many days.
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Emma Stone
American Actress
I'm shockingly terrible at action movies.
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Bianca Del Rio
American Entertainer
Shockingly, I'm pretty normal.
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