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suddenly in WordNet English dictionary

adverb
  1. quickly and without warning
    "he stopped suddenly"
    abruptly  suddenly  short  dead  abruptly  suddenly  short  dead 
  2. happening unexpectedly
    "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side"
    suddenly  all of a sudden  of a sudden  suddenly  all of a sudden  of a sudden 
  3. on impulse; without premeditation
    "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly"
    on the spur of the moment  suddenly  on the spur of the moment  suddenly 
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suddenly in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (adverb) Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
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