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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsodenly,sodeynly,sodeinliche,sodaynlyche; equivalent tosudden +‎-ly.

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suddenly (comparativemoresuddenly,superlativemostsuddenly)

  1. Happeningquickly and with little or nowarning; in asudden manner.
    Synonym:all of a sudden
    Antonym:unsuddenly
    Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
    They'vesuddenly decided to sell the house.
    • 1569,Richard Grafton, “Henrye the Fift”, inA Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande [], volume II, London: [] Henry Denham, [], forRicharde Tottle andHumffrey Toye,→OCLC,page464:
      The king before he would take his voyage, sent theErle of Huntyngdon to ſerche and ſcowre the Seas, leaſt any Frenchmen lyeng in wayte for him might attrap himsodeinly, or he had any knowledge of their ſetting forward.
    • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, inThe Daily Telegraph (Sport)[1]:
      But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred throughAristotle'sPoetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those broughtsuddenly and dramatically low.

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happening quickly and with little or no warning
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