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Word entry · 8 letters

suddenly

Best crossword clue

"Without warning"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌd.ən.li/Part of speech adverbSorted ddelnsuyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. quickly and without warning

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
  • They've suddenly decided to sell the house.
  • The king before he would take his voyage, sent the Erle of Huntyngdon to ſerche and ſcowre the Seas, leaſt any Frenchmen lyeng in wayte for him might attrap him sodeinly, or he had any knowledge of their ſetting forward.

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