strikingly
adverb
strikingly is spelled S-T-R-I-K-I-N-G-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is strikely: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 85 of all searches for the word. Strikingly is an adverb meaning “In a striking way”.
How many letters and syllables are in strikingly?
| Letters | 10: S-T-R-I-K-I-N-G-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, strikely, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell strikingly?
Strikingly is spelled S-T-R-I-K-I-N-G-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 85 of the searches for strikingly in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is strikingly?
Strikingly appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce strikingly?
- US
Strikingly has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-strikingly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of strikingly
- more strikingly comparative
- most strikingly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strikingly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a striking way.
He entered strikingly, taking over the stage.
- 2
To a remarkable degree or extent.
He was strikingly deficient in good sense.
- 3
Remarkably, surprisingly.
Strikingly, he had bowed deeply to the Emperor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does strikingly come from?
From striking + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).