Definitions for suddenly
sud·den·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. suddenly, all of a sudden, of a suddenadverb

   happening unexpectedly

   "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side"

2. abruptly, suddenly, short, deadadverb

   quickly and without warning

   "he stopped suddenly"

3. on the spur of the moment, suddenlyadverb

   on impulse; without premeditation

   "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. suddenlyadverb

   Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

   Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.

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1. Suddenly

   "Suddenly" is a single from Ashley Tisdale's debut album Headstrong, the song was released in Germany on May 2, 2008, as her third single there. The song was not released in the United States, and was her debut album's final single.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suddenly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #814

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suddenly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1471

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suddenly' in Adverbs Frequency: #91

How to pronounce suddenly?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say suddenly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of suddenly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of suddenly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of suddenly in a Sentence

1. Latham Boyle:

   Suddenly, when you take this symmetric, extended view of space/time.

2. Ajay Mathur:

   The entire prosperity of the world has been built on cheap energy. And suddenly we are being forced into higher cost energy. That's grossly unfair.

3. Saeed Leylaz:

   We have to go ahead with the liberalization of the economy, we have no other choice( if we are to) reduce poverty, the main powers in Iran are under the control of The Supreme Leader. Nothing will change dramatically or suddenly. Only in economic affairs we will have a much better position in parliament.

4. Bill Hemmer:

   We’ve been told in the last three days that lab leaks happen all the time. We’ve had epidemiologists on the air for 15 months—that was not something we heard a lot and suddenly in the last four days everyone’s talking about it.

5. Adam Schiff:

   It will be incumbent upon Congress to maintain pressure on the Treasury to explain its reversal of course and why Deripaska or his companies are suddenly deserving of this relief.

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