Explore Startlingly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Startlingly meaning
In a startling manner; surprisingly; shockingly.
Using Startlingly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a startling manner; surprisingly; shockingly.
- In the example corpus, startlingly often appears in combinations such as: is startlingly, startlingly consistent, be startlingly.
Context around Startlingly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Startlingly
- In this selection, "startlingly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, yet, statesman, looks, vulnerable, inventive and casual stand out and add context to how "startlingly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include album a startlingly frank chronicle and are quite startlingly directive dispensing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "startlingly" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with startlingly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He still has wonderful skill and startlingly easy speed. (9 words)
Some of them are quite startlingly directive, dispensing life-altering advice in just a few commanding sentences. (17 words)
A wonderful cast, a startlingly inventive seed of an idea that sprawls into something huge, horses … There was a lot going on. (22 words)
Drawing heavily on lead vocalist Natalie Maines’s recent divorce, Gaslighter isn’t so much a break-up album as a breaking-point album, a startlingly frank chronicle of the unhappiness of her marriage and the brutal toll of its protracted demise. (42 words)
I know only that my mother looks startlingly beautiful in the wedding photos that used to hang in their bedroom, and that my father looks so proud that his mouth appears too small to hold the teeth in his smile. (40 words)
There have been at least 100 such investigations into failures in NHS care over the past half century - and many of these highly forensic investigations, carried out by diligent experts, have come to startlingly similar conclusions. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
As one of the greatest comedic actors ever to grace the screen, it's no surprise that Louis-Dreyfus delivers a hilarious yet startlingly vulnerable performance.
A wonderful cast, a startlingly inventive seed of an idea that sprawls into something huge, horses … There was a lot going on.
EncroChat messages sent to and by Lewis, who used the handle 'BlazeBat', also exposed a startlingly casual attitude to trading and using firearms.
From supersonic planes to climate change, Serling's groundbreaking anthology series continues to demonstrate not only its startlingly consistent quality but also its unmatched prescience.
Garmin also has some of the most helpful comprehensive fitness algorithms available—I've always found its Body Battery metric to be startlingly accurate, even catching when I'm getting sick or getting PMS.
Some of them are quite startlingly directive, dispensing life-altering advice in just a few commanding sentences.
There have been at least 100 such investigations into failures in NHS care over the past half century - and many of these highly forensic investigations, carried out by diligent experts, have come to startlingly similar conclusions.
Three startlingly sensitive and individualized paintings of noblewomen, accompanied by related studies of heads made on tinted paper with softly drawn white highlights, show that Botticelli did not always default to an idealized notion of beauty.
While all this was going on, police cars were going up in flames at a rate Mr Cohen described as "startlingly high".
He still has wonderful skill and startlingly easy speed.
By recasting songs such as Hello, Young Lovers and I Concentrate On You, Martin and Au bring them to life, sometimes quite startlingly.
Case in point — this is your last chance to learn up to 14 new languages at your own pace at a startlingly cheap price with the current subscription offer from Babbel Language Learning.
Drawing heavily on lead vocalist Natalie Maines’s recent divorce, Gaslighter isn’t so much a break-up album as a breaking-point album, a startlingly frank chronicle of the unhappiness of her marriage and the brutal toll of its protracted demise.
Her startlingly crude line, emblematic of her Betty White-style free loving old white woman character, launched the audience into the world premiere of the play “On Pine Knoll Street,” by Mark Cornell.
If you are missing cocktail bars, New York City before the shutdown or simply pellucid and startlingly intelligent poetry, “Three Poems” is a book for you.
The female of the two was startlingly rude to me, so rude I thought she must know me somehow or she's repelled by my newspaper.
Wry, specific, and at times gut-punchingly earnest, Bridgers’ murmur flows like a steady internal monologue, linking all sorts of disparate experiences through her cracked but startlingly perceptive lens.
But Australian director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) makes it new in The King, cutting out all the famous lines in favour of a fast-moving, often startlingly violent, action movie.
His large, mottled white head — balanced on his compact body — suggests a recently restored bust of a Roman statesman, startlingly enlivened by those blue, blue, interrogative eyes.
I know only that my mother looks startlingly beautiful in the wedding photos that used to hang in their bedroom, and that my father looks so proud that his mouth appears too small to hold the teeth in his smile.
Common combinations with startlingly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is startlingly 3×
- startlingly consistent 2×
- be startlingly 2×
- quite startlingly 2×
- startlingly high 2×
- and startlingly 2×
- looks startlingly 2×
- provided startlingly 2×
- startlingly human-like 2×