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a·maze

(ə-māz′)

v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.tr.

1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.intr.

To cause great wonder or astonishment: a sight that amazes.

Amazement; wonder.

[From Middle English masen, to bewilder, and from amased, bewildered (from Old English āmasod), both from Old English āmasian, to bewilder : ā-, intensive pref. + *masian, to confuse.]

a·maz′ed·ly (ə-mā′zĭd-lē) adv.

a·maz′ed·ness n.

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amazedly

(əˈmeɪzɪdlɪ)

adv

in an amazed manner

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At last, however, his eyes opened, and amazedly he gazed into the forest and the stillness, amazedly he gazed into himself.

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To which she only replies, shaking her head at the prostrate figure more amazedly than angrily, "Oh, you Jo, you Jo.

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While these words were being spoken, I saw Screw's eyes wandering discontentedly and amazedly round the room.