suddenly
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sud·den
(sŭd′n)adj.
Idiom: 1. Happening without warning; unforeseen: a sudden storm.
2. Happening or done without delay; hasty or immediate: a sudden decision.
3. Characterized by sharp change in elevation; precipitous: a sudden drop in the ocean floor.
all of a sudden
Very quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
[Middle English sodain, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *subitānus, from Latin subitāneus, from subitus, from past participle of subīre, to approach stealthily : sub-, secretly; see sub- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]
sud′den·ly adv.
sud′den·ness n.
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suddenly
(ˈsʌdənlɪ)adv
quickly and without warning; unexpectedly
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suddenly
- squall - A violent wind that comes in suddenly, but does not last long, and is often accompanied by rain or snow.
- amaze, surprise - Amaze once meant "alarm, terrify," but now means "astonish"; surprise means "meet with suddenly or without warning."
- intersilient - Describing something suddenly emerging in the midst of something.
- subitary - "Suddenly or hastily done or made."
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| Adv. | 1. |  suddenly - happening unexpectedly; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side" |
| 2. |  suddenly - quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" | |
| 3. | suddenly - on impulse; without premeditation; "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly" |
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suddenly
adverb abruptly, all of a sudden, all at once, unexpectedly, straight away, out of the blue (informal), without warning, in an instant, without notice, on the spur of the moment, like a shot Suddenly, she looked ten years older.
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suddenly
adverbWithout any warning:
Idiom: all of a sudden.
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Translations
فَجْأةًفَجأةً
внезапноненадейно
náhle
pludseligpludseligt
subite
äkki
äkkiäyhtäkkiä
odjednom
hirtelen
skyndilegabrátt
突然に
갑자기
repente
staiga
plotselingplots
naenkratnenadoma
plötsligt
อย่างกะทันหัน
اچانک
đột ngộtmột cách bất ngờthình lình
suddenly
[ˈsʌdnlɪ] ADV1. (= all at once) → de repente, de pronto
I suddenly felt faint → de repente or de pronto sentí que me mareaba
he resigned suddenly in June → de repente en junio dimitió
suddenly, the door opened → de repente or de pronto se abrió la puerta
I suddenly felt faint → de repente or de pronto sentí que me mareaba
he resigned suddenly in June → de repente en junio dimitió
suddenly, the door opened → de repente or de pronto se abrió la puerta
2. (= abruptly) [cease, die] → repentinamente, de repente; [move] → bruscamente
the rain stopped as suddenly as it had begun → la lluvia paró tan repentinamente or de repente como había empezado
the taxi stopped suddenly in front of the hotel → el taxi paró bruscamente delante del hotel
the rain stopped as suddenly as it had begun → la lluvia paró tan repentinamente or de repente como había empezado
the taxi stopped suddenly in front of the hotel → el taxi paró bruscamente delante del hotel
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
suddenly
[ˈsʌdənli] adv → soudain, soudainementHe sat down suddenly → Il s'assit soudain., Il s'assit soudainement.
Suddenly, the door opened → Soudain, la porte s'est ouverte.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
suddenly
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sudden
(ˈsadn) adjective happening etc quickly and unexpectedly. a sudden attack; His decision to get married is rather sudden!; a sudden bend in the road.
ˈsuddenness nounˈsuddenly adverb
He suddenly woke up; Suddenly she realized that the stranger had a gun.
all of a sudden suddenly or unexpectedly. All of a sudden the lights went out.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
suddenly
→ فَجْأةً náhle pludselig plötzlich ξαφνικά de repente yhtäkkiä soudainement odjednom improvvisamente 突然に 갑자기 plotseling plutselig nagle repentinamente вдруг plötsligt อย่างกะทันหัน aniden một cách bất ngờ 突然Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
suddenly
adv de repente; Did it happen suddenly?..¿Ocurrió de repente?English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.