suddenly

Questions about suddenly

What does suddenly mean?

suddenly means "happening unexpectedly". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in suddenly?

suddenly has 3 syllables: sud-den-ly. The stress falls on "sud". In IPA it is /ˈsʌdənli/.

What is another word for suddenly?

Close synonyms include all of a sudden, of a sudden, abruptly, short, dead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is suddenly a common word?

suddenly is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.