startlingly

1. 1.

   in a startling manner

   “a startlingly modern voice”

Questions about startlingly

What does startlingly mean?

startlingly means "in a startling manner".

How many syllables are in startlingly?

startlingly has 3 syllables: start-lin-gly. The stress falls on "start". In IPA it is /ˈstɑɹtlɪŋˌli/.

Is startlingly a common word?

startlingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with startlingly?

42 words rhyme with startlingly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.