amazingly

amazing +‎ -ly

• IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/

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amazingly (comparative more amazingly, superlative most amazingly)

1. In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.

   That violin solo was played amazingly.

2. Difficult to believe; strange but true.

   Amazingly, no one was injured in the crash.

   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

     Signalman Bridges was killed by the blast, as was fireman Nightall. Amazingly, driver Gimbert came round some 200 yards away, on the grass outside the Station Hotel where he had been flung.

3. To a wonder-inspiring extent.

   The car has amazingly low fuel consumption.