Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
extremely;
- Example: "teachers were shockingly underpaid"2.
so as to shock the feelings;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shocking \Shock"ing\, a.
Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially,
causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive
or disgusting.
[1913 Webster]
The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker.
[1913 Webster] -- Shock"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness,
n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shockingly
adv 1: extremely; "teachers were shockingly underpaid"
2: so as to shock the feelings