Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an astounding or amazing manner; amazingly.
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- adverb In an
astounding manner; so as toastound ,surprise , oramaze .
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Examples
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It also defines a range of illegal e-mail practices that are routinely ignored in astoundingly high volume by spammers of the world.
The F.T.C.’s Bully Pulpit on Privacy - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It also defines a range of illegal e-mail practices that are routinely ignored in astoundingly high volume by spammers of the world.
The F.T.C.’s Bully Pulpit on Privacy - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Inside the outside shell of national differences, we all face more or less similar trials and tribulations, and we often react to them in astoundingly similar ways.
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Inside the outside shell of national differences, we all face more or less similar trials and tribulations, and we often react to them in astoundingly similar ways.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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The media controversy itself helped introduce this remarkable work to an international audience, who embraced Tolkien, and his preferred publishers, in astoundingly unforseen numbers.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006
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But the real culinary treasures of the city are the artisanal chocolates and coffee drinks, served up in astoundingly opulent cafes such as Baratti & Milano, Torino, San Carlo and Platti.
USATODAY.com - Looking back on the culinary delights of Torino 2006
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A Mastermind contestant who was called "astoundingly thick" on television after scoring only one point on his specialist subject has had his complaint rejected by media watchdog Ofcom.
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Look here: with dangerous situations, no electricity, etc, Mayor Nagin astoundingly calls on the people of NO to return (after buying his family a house in Dallas, natch); Bush and others say, essentially, “uh … not a good idea, especially with a new storm blowing in already”; fringe Democrats concoct a theory that Bush is simply trying to trip up Nagin and make sure that his big bidness cronies can grab all the NO land for themselves.
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Despite the firm's excellent reputation, the attorneys working with us missed every agreed-upon deadline and produced what can only be described as astoundingly poor-quality work.
Printing: Rough week for NY's constitution: Help ETC turn it around! 2009
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Despite the firm's excellent reputation, the attorneys working with us missed every agreed-upon deadline and produced what can only be described as astoundingly poor-quality work.
Rough week for NY's constitution: Help ETC turn it around! 2009
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