suddenly meaning

EN[ˈsʌdn̩li]
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Definition of suddenly in English Dictionary

• AdverbCOMmore suddenlySUPmost suddenly
  1. Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
     1. Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • He suddenly whipped out his gun and pointed it at his doctor.
     • And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.
     • The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.
  2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
     • Suddenly a man appeared and came forth out of the fog.
     • Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.
  3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • You won't hit more than three whoop-dee-doo ridges with the front wheel first without doing an endo, so that plan-ahead action is something you adapt to rather suddenly.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Adverbs

Other Vocabulary

1. en soddenly
2. en suddenty
3. en suddently
4. en sullenly
5. en suddens