It was a good date but the food at the restaurant was so flabbergastingly excellent I could barely think of anything else to talk about.
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Flabbergastingly
Synonyms for "flabbergastingly"
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Sentence evidence is available for flabbergastingly, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "flabbergastingly".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "flabbergastingly"
Keep "flabbergastingly" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "flabbergastingly" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "flabbergastingly", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "flabbergastingly" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
He had said he would clean his room a thousand times before, but this time he actually did it, and flabbergastingly well too.
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1922, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken. The smart set: a magazine of cleverness, Volume 69. Ess Ess Pub. Co. page 49. (There) must be sympathy in the back parlor if it is to get its message across, and that this flabbergastingly important message... is as follows:...
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The critical wonderment over the at times curious unevenness of Monckton Hoffe's dramatic writing, over the startlingly good suddenly crossed with the flabbergastingly bad, and vice versa...
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Common questions
How should I check whether a synonym fits "flabbergastingly"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.