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shockingly

shockingly

2 definitions found for shockingly

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shocking \Shock"ing\, a.
     Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially,
     causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive
     or disgusting.
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           The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker.
     [1913 Webster] -- Shock"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness,
     n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  shockingly
      adv 1: extremely; "teachers were shockingly underpaid"
      2: so as to shock the feelings