Synonyms for suddenly
sud·den·ly

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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. Elizabeth Lusskin:

   It wasn't like Amazon pulled out because they spent time here and suddenly realized it wasn't the neighborhood they thought it was, all of these things remain, now just more people are aware of them.

2. Tuxtla Gutierrez:

   I was already in bed. I was in my place so we were expecting to have a tranquil night but suddenly ... everything breaks apart, glasses, furniture and everything.

3. Arun Kumar:

   There was chaos at the entrance. And suddenly there was this stampede.

4. Sara Alzawqari:

   There was one woman who just opened the door of her house and suddenly everything just exploded around her, people are very frustrated; they are very angry. The people of Mosul have already gone through so much.

5. Brian Williams:

   That wasn’t a bad job, until a guy came up and stuck a .38-caliber pistol in my face and made me hand over all the money. Merry Christmas, right? Of course, I suddenly appreciated the other jobs I thought I hated.