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/ˈsʌd.ən.li/ · adverb
Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner..
Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
They've suddenly decided to sell the house.
The king before he would take his voyage, sent the Erle of Huntyngdon to ſerche and ſcowre the Seas, leaſt any Frenchmen lyeng in wayte for him might attrap him sodeinly, or he had any knowledge of their ſetting forward.
Shannon Spann had an infant, Jake, to care for and two stepdaughters to suddenly raise by herself.
But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low.
Use suddenly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Suddenly means Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner..
Common synonyms include all of a sudden, dead, short, abruptly.
Possible antonyms include unsuddenly.
Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
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