suddenly

adverb/ˈsʌdənli/

Frequency rank: #1,517 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Quickly and without warning.

Illustration for the English word “suddenly”

Example sentence

The dog barked loudly, and then it suddenly ran after the squirrel.

Synonyms & related words

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