Synonyms for suddenly
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1. suddenlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   all of a sudden, without warning

   Antonyms:
   unsuddenly

2. suddenlyadverb

   Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

   Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.

   Synonyms:
   without warning, all of a sudden

   Antonyms:
   unsuddenly

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1. suddenly, all of a sudden, of a suddenadverb

   happening unexpectedly

   "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side"

   Synonyms:
   on the spur of the moment, short, of a sudden, dead, abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden

2. abruptly, suddenly, short, deadadverb

   quickly and without warning

   "he stopped suddenly"

   Synonyms:
   shortly, curtly, on the spur of the moment, perfectly, short, absolutely, of a sudden, dead, utterly, unawares, abruptly, all of a sudden

3. on the spur of the moment, suddenlyadverb

   on impulse; without premeditation

   "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly"

   Synonyms:
   dead, on the spur of the moment, all of a sudden, of a sudden, short, abruptly

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1. quicklyadverb

   i suddenly realised what was happening...

   Submitted by elsieportman on June 9, 2023  

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1. suddenlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unexpectedly, abruptly, pop, on a sudden

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1. List of paraphrases for "suddenly":

   abruptly, unexpectedly, sudden, sharply, overnight, brutally

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1. Eric Talley:

   It's about having an appropriate tone at the top, there might be companies that did really well in 2019 and suddenly your company has hit a brick wall. So at the same time you're laying off a bunch of rank and file employees, you're awarding yourself (millions in bonus pay). It just doesn't look very good.

2. Heather Barr:

   As long as a girl is in school, her family is invested in her future, as soon as a girl falls out of education, then suddenly it becomes much more likely that she's going to be married off.

3. Andy McCarthy:

   That said, though, it is just breathtaking to watch the media-Democrat complex, which hyped Robert Mueller’s every move in the bogus Trump-Russia ‘collusion’ caper,suddenly develop laryngitis in the matter of Durham’s probe -- that is, when it is not outright hostile.

4. Mozammil Shinwari:

   If we compare President Ghani with President Karzai, there is a huge difference, everybody is now thinking: 'If the president suddenly comes and I'm not doing my work, what will happen?'.

5. Yar Mohammad:

   It destroyed our crops and houses. The breach took place suddenly and we were unaware( it was about to happen.) No one had informed us.