astounding

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"The number of offers I got through my agents by every post was simply astounding--astounding I am looking forward to seeing your performance this evening," Tavernake said politely.

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  1. Causing or fitted to cause surprise or wonder; causing amazement; highly astonishing. The third is your soldier's face, a menacing and astounding face. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels. His [Comte's] astounding self-conceit was more akin to that which may be seen in lunatic asylums than to anything which is known to have been manifested by person in a state of health. J. Fiske, Cosmic Philos., I. 142.

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  • It is also astounding, all Polar Nations are scrambling as they never had before, to claim vast swats of Ocean now seasonally open for trade, may be this is not damage, per say, but one may only imagine what will come next if the climate doesn't cool down. —  RealClimate
  • I saw a print of the restored in early 2004 and found it quite astounding, an amazing piece of work. —  GreenCine Daily
  • "The emotional connection his generation has with him is absolutely astounding, and that I never expected," DePastino says. —  Baltimore City Paper
  • The loyalty and appreciation of our viewers is astounding, and the opportunities this show has created for us also amazing. —  Blog World Expo Blog
  • The blog buzz You & Me has generated this summer has been astounding, and deservedly so. —  Pop Headwound
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astounding:   astound ·  astounded ·  astounds
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