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. Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   People are suddenly there and need protection.

2. Hans Gruenfeld:

   The Dutch are trying to get companies to suddenly move faster than elsewhere in Europe. There's a large chance that will only shift production abroad, without reducing CO2 emissions on an international scale.

3. Jon Herrity:

   We really should not be testing with children, i could've accidentally somehow had some stroke or whatever and suddenly my foot goes on the accelerator or a heart attack or who know what could happen. There's always that chance.

4. Kim Yo Jong:

   Honestly, I didn’t know I would come here so suddenly. I thought things would be strange and very different, but I found a lot of things being similar, here’s to hoping that we could see the pleasant people (of the South) again in Pyeongchang and bring closer the future where we are one again.

5. Katherine Morgan:

   All my friends and I knew that climate change was real, but it’s getting really scary because it was gradually getting hot — and it suddenly got really hot, really fast.