staggering

[US]/'stæɡərɪŋ/
[UK]/'stæɡərɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. astonishing; shocking
adv. astonishingly; shockingly

Phrases & Collocations

staggering amount

staggering growth

staggering success

Example Sentences

a staggering achievement; a staggering defeat.

The public response was absolutely staggering.

Profits have shot up by a staggering 25%.

a 32-bit processor that's able to crunch data at a staggering speed.

Why is that man staggering about the room like that?

The sheer volume of fiction produced is staggering.

Synaptic activity is staggering: 10 quadrillion (1016) neural connections a second.

was discombobulated by the staggering number of possibilities;

The excavation exposed a staggering number of Bronze Age artifacts. The term can often imply revelation of something better left concealed:

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