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shockingly, adv.|ˈʃɒkɪŋlɪ|
[f. shocking ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a shocking manner or degree.
1. So as to shock the feelings; revoltingly.
1741Richardson Pamela IV. 106 There is not one Character in it, but what is shockingly immoral. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 2) Pref. 68 We are shockingly treated by the Prussians. 1858Househ. Words 28 Aug. 241/1 A shockingly rude article.
2. colloq. Often, in depreciatory sentences, without any special reference to the sensibilities, equivalent to ‘very’, ‘extremely’.
1777F. Burney Early Diary, Let. 27 Mar., Dr. Johnson..is shockingly near-sighted. 1782― Cecilia i. iv, To be sure she's shockingly dear, that I must own. 1840Haliburton Letter Bag iv. 57, I feel so shockingly nervous. 1901W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. her Mother to Eliz. xiii. 61 Two rather pretty, but shockingly badly-dressed girls.
b. = shockingly ill; ‘abominably’. † to look shockingly: to appear to be much out of health.
1768Goldsm. Good-n. Man 1, You look most shockingly to⁓day, my dear friend. 1772Ann. Reg. 59/2, I could perceive that his eyes looked quite shockingly. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Doubts & F. vii. II. 218 How shockingly he looks. 1881W. G. Marshall Through Amer. i. 47 Many of the principal streets are shockingly paved.
3. So as to cause a shock of surprise.
1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. iv, This sudden noise startled us shockingly. |