Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a striking manner; in such a manner as to surprise or impress; forcibly; impressively.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb manner In a striking way.
  • adverb degree To a remarkable degree or extent.
  • adverb evaluative Remarkably, surprisingly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a striking manner

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

striking +‎ -ly

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word strikingly.

Examples

  • - with two of the three men boasting stage-worthy performance names and the third a moniker strikingly similar to a certain famous actress from the 1980s.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • Dr. King's antiwar heritage and social justice commitments remain strikingly relevant today.

    Clergy Leadership Network 2009

  • LH, until you stop telling EVERYONE to use the Enignma installer, most EVERYONE is going to use it, resulting in strikingly similar desktops over and over and over and over and over.

    The Room Of Shapes Desktop | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • And it came in strikingly similar fashion to last Sunday's late-game giveaway to Carolina at Lambeau.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • WASHINGTON — The vice presidential transition was in strikingly clear view Sunday.

    Biden and Cheney Clash on Role of No. 2 - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • WASHINGTON — The vice presidential transition was in strikingly clear view Sunday.

    Biden and Cheney Clash on Role of No. 2 - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • This model differed strikingly from the simple antisense model of that time, which only predicted interaction between an interfering single-stranded RNA molecule and mRNA.

    Advanced Information: The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006

  • The question that emerges most strikingly is this: Did the members of this Administation deceive the American people about the war or were they simply incompetent to run the Nation's foreign policy? continue reading ...

    Balkinization 2003

  • In the magazine, army officials are given a lesson from Professor Rumbledoore and his staff, a name strikingly similar to Rowling?

    B2fxxx 2005

  • The question that emerges most strikingly is this: Did the members of this Administation deceive the American people about the war or were they simply incompetent to run the Nation's foreign policy?

    Balkinization 2003

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.