shockingly
adverb/ˈʃɒkɪŋli/
/ˈʃɑːkɪŋli/
- in a way that offends or upsets people; in a way that is morally wrong
- a shockingly high mortality rate
- shockingly violent scenes
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- (informal, especially British English) in a very bad way
- Internal communication has been shockingly poor.
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