Antonyms for Suddenlysud·den·ly

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1. suddenlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   unsuddenly

   Synonyms:
   all of a sudden, without warning

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, suddenly, 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, suddenly, 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, suddenly

How to use Suddenly in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Gu Yongtao:

   This is quite unexpected, the slump apparently triggered intensified selling, while the trigger of the circuit breaker seems to have heightened panic, as liquidity was suddenly gone and this is something no one has experienced before. It was a stampede.

3. Isabelle Kumar:

   We told Emirates every step of the way that Eli had epilepsy( and autism) but when we asked for a seat with a vacant seat next to it in case he had a seizure they suddenly wanted to see the medical certificate.

4. Sammy Almashat:

   Previous penalties never have been large enough to deter the most common types of pharmaceutical fraud, so it would be surprising if the industry suddenly decided of its own accord to comply with laws it has routinely violated for decades.

5. Sharon Choksi:

   And so that has an effect of normalizing sexual appearance, a sexual behavior for younger and younger girls, it starts out in the media. Suddenly, this seems more normal. Marketers market to older girls, and younger girls start to mimic it, and I do think a lot of it is a desensitization. It becomes so normalized as to be unremarkable.

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