SUDDENLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

suddenly

adverb

Definition of suddenly

as in abruptly

with great suddenness the bus stopped suddenly, and somebody's lunch landed in the aisle

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as in unexpectedly

without warning suddenly, something fell out of the sky and landed in the field a few feet away

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Recent Examples of suddenly Ask them to summarize themselves in a few paragraphs, and the task suddenly feels much harder. — Matthew Kayser updated July 6, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 New gaps between teeth, or a bite that suddenly feels different, are worth a dentist visit rather than a wait-and-see approach. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026 Japanese beetles suddenly emerge mid-summer as the grubs become adults. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 6 July 2026 But Moscow’s options are few, and the epithet from the start of the war – that a weak and losing Russia can not suddenly also be a hundred feet tall – remains. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 The slightest details, or the smallest bits of structure, are what stick out—what can feel like an amorphous ooze of nothingness suddenly snaps into place thanks to a rhythmic rattle or jagged vocal sample. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026 The former second-round pick is suddenly one of the Lakers’ primary summer league players and hopes to use the experience as an important stepping stone, building up his game while also establishing a leadership voice. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Many who watched that win with unadulterated joy on NBC that Sunday suddenly felt like they may be getting used during the network broadcast of the SOTU on Tuesday. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 The astounding results delivered by Daraxonrasib, and likely by a new crop of medications now in development pipelines of pharma companies that work in a similar fashion, suddenly provide a significant opportunity to act. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for suddenly

Adverb

Amid the rebellion, Johnson canceled votes and abruptly sent lawmakers home ahead of the July 4 holiday.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 7 July 2026
The much-ballyhooed heavyweight boxing match between Mike Tyson and Andrew Golota ends abruptly when Golota quits after the second round; later Golota is hospitalized with a concussion.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026

Definition of abruptly

Adverb

Expecting a change of pace, she is instead unexpectedly pulled into a murder investigation involving a female climate activist.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 July 2026
And suddenly, all those pages of analysis feel a lot like a MapQuest printout when the road is unexpectedly closed.

— Jack O'Hara, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026