adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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most
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Yet nowhere do these prefaces warn us that certain editors have taken the most astonishing liberties with the music.
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The most astonishing item, however, is a piece of peasant work.
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Perhaps the most astonishing changes of all occur for the average changes for Shire Districts within each County.
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Nevertheless out came some of the most astonishing , though very practical ways to both have your cake and eat it.
quite
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Judge Harper said that he found this quite astonishing .
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The transition in coach Gerry Murphy's side in the subsequent weeks has been quite astonishing .
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It was, he said, an offence of quite astonishing incompetence.
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It is quite astonishing in view of Handel's vast output quite what a consistent and imaginative composer he was.
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I must say it is quite astonishing how the Ryder Cup has captured the imagination of the U.S. golfing fraternity.
■ NOUN
speed
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Now, within a few days, the shape of their bodies changes with astonishing speed .
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Word of the feud arrived in Britain with astonishing speed .
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The atmosphere of grey repression that clung to the eastern side of the city is being purged at an astonishing speed .
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If one were to count heads, particularly among younger economists, Keynesian ideas were being eclipsed at quite an astonishing speed .
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With astonishing speed prime spots in streets known for fashionable shopping before the second world war are being snapped up.
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At this moment the snake strikes, flinging its neck towards its victim at the astonishing speed of 8 feet per second.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Their album has sold an astonishing 11 million copies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I am still left aghast at the astonishing numbers of totally incompatible cichlids that are sometimes crammed into remarkably small tanks.
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It has been an astonishing transformation in opinions and attitudes, within the course of a few short weeks.
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Moreover, many widely reported accounts of astonishing experiences are elaborations or flat lies.
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The transition in coach Gerry Murphy's side in the subsequent weeks has been quite astonishing .
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They contained fresh and astonishing details of underground movements and midnight rendezvous.
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To actually see crabs scuttling across the floor and live sponges and even real live fish was astonishing .
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What is even more astonishing is that you can see the Wellestream more easily with every passing year.