Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an astonished manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb rare In an astonished manner.
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- adverb In an
astonished manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“For the buttons?” — and “Uncle” stares astonishedly at me — “for these buttons?”
Hunger 2003
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"The coolness of him!" cried Camille, indignantly, while her brother's dark eyes turned astonishedly from one to the other.
Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry
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So she said to Ned, seeing him looking astonishedly at her.
The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel John Maurice Miller
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Ask his opinion, and he tells you his doubt; and he never hears any thing more astonishedly than what he knows before.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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Hoddan astonishedly regarded his whiskery countenance, contorted with grief and dampened with tears.
The Pirates of Ersatz Murray Leinster 1935
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The interpreter translated, and the Huks muttered astonishedly among themselves.
A Matter of Importance Murray Leinster 1935
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"That's frank enough," the doctor admitted astonishedly.
The Ragged Edge Harold MacGrath 1901
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"You trust that scoundrel?" asked Cleigh, astonishedly.
The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901
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Ruth did not move but stared astonishedly at the patient.
The Ragged Edge Harold MacGrath 1901
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A woman who was walking by Paused momentarily and will a big grin on her face (she was astonishedly bemused) shook his hand and said, "Wow, I've never shaken the hand of a murder before."
The Nation: Top Stories John Nichols 2010
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