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amazing

[ uh-mey-zing ]

/ əˈmeɪ zɪŋ /

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adjective

causing great surprise or sudden wonder.

Origin of amazing

First recorded in 1520–30; amaze + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM amazing

a·maz·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby amazing

amazeballs, amazed, amazement, amazia, amaziah, amazing, amazon, amazon ant, amazon cherry, amazon parrot, amazon river

Example sentences from the Web for amazingly

We hit it off amazingly well, and started a real friendship.

The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile |Robert Ward |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
“They could be, amazingly enough, the girl next door,” Brenner said of victims of such killings.

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He was one of a handful of amazingly talented people whose efforts helped define what it is that we today, call stand-up comedy.

Why George Carlin Deserves His Own Street |Kevin Bartini |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The four or five thrillers a year that de Villiers churned out from 1966 until his death in 2013 were amazingly trashy.

This Sexy Thriller Is Just the Document the Benghazi Commission Needs |Christopher Dickey |September 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

For instance, a wonderful, amazingly accomplished bartender in Kansas City had a baby last year, and I followed her journey.

The Ladies Disrupting the Bartender Boys’ Club |Brandy Zadrozny |September 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Far away on the deck of the Chihuahua the quick-fire racket of Jones's auxiliary was amazingly audible.

Quick Action |Robert W. Chambers
All was so familiar, and yet so amazingly unfamiliar, so silent!

The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete |Winston Churchill
He was a bright little fellow, and your father took to him amazingly.

Little Fishers: and their Nets |Pansy
Amazingly, he could speak French, David's language, though with a strange and heavy accent.

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel |Robert Shea
Heaven knows what evil genius has inspired their costume; it is amazingly inelegant compared with those of former generations.

Letters of Two Brides |Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for amazingly

amazing

/ (əˈmeɪzɪŋ) /

adjective

causing wonder or astonishment amazing feats

Derived forms of amazing

amazingly, adverb