Meaning & use
suddenly
Happening quickly and unexpectedly, without any warning or advance notice.
See it in a sentence
The sky suddenly darkened just minutes before the storm hit.
He suddenly remembered he had left the stove on at home.
A note on using this word
Often placed before the verb or at the start of a sentence for emphasis, as in 'Suddenly, the lights went out.'
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