strikingly

English

strikingly (comparative more strikingly, superlative most strikingly)

(manner) In a striking way.
He entered strikingly, taking over the stage.
(degree) To a remarkable degree or extent.
He was strikingly deficient in good sense.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 3:
  Patterns of evolution in the two families, however, are strikingly different.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
  Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
(evaluative) Remarkably, surprisingly.
Strikingly, he had bowed deeply to the Emperor.

in a striking manner

to a remarkable degree

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