"suddenly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈsʌdn̩li/ Audio: en-us-suddenly.ogg [US] Forms: more suddenly [comparative], most suddenly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sodenly}} Middle English sodenly, {{m|enm|sodeynly}} sodeynly, {{m|enm|sodeinliche}} sodeinliche, {{m|enm|sodaynlyche}} sodaynlyche, {{suffix|en|sudden|ly}} sudden + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} suddenly (comparative more suddenly, superlative most suddenly)
  1. Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner. Synonyms: all of a sudden Derived forms: suddenliness Translations (happening quickly and with little or no warning): skielik (Afrikaans), papritur (Albanian), papritmas (Albanian), befas (Albanian), ἄφνω (áphnō) (Ancient Greek), فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan) (Arabic), ܡܢ ܫܠܝܐ (alt: Eastern vocalization: ܡܸܢ ܫܸܠܝܵܐ mεn ʃεljā Western vocalization: ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝܳܐ men ʃeljo) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), ܡܢ ܫܠܝ (alt: Eastern vocalization: ܡܸܢ ܫܸܠܝ mεn ʃεlj̠ Western vocalization: ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝ men ʃelj̠) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), հանկարծակի (hankarcaki) (Armenian), հանկարծ (hankarc) (Armenian), birdən-birə (Azerbaijani), qəflətən (Azerbaijani), qəfildən (Azerbaijani), birdən (Azerbaijani), ҡапыл (qapıl) (Bashkir), кинәт (kinət) (Bashkir), ра́птам (ráptam) (Belarusian), হঠাৎ (hoṭhat) (Bengali), внеза́пно (vnezápno) (Bulgarian), ненаде́йно (nenadéjno) (Bulgarian), ရုတ်တရက် (rutta.rak) (Burmese), ဆိုးခနဲဆတ်ခနဲ (hcui:hka.nai:hcathka.nai:) (Burmese), de sobte (Catalan), sobtadament (Catalan), tot d'una [colloquial] (Catalan), de cop i volta (Catalan), لەپڕ (lepirr) (Central Kurdish), himó̠nali' (Chickasaw), 一吓 (jat¹ haa⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 突然 (dat⁶ jin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 突然間 (Chinese Cantonese), 突然间 (dat⁶ jin⁴ gaan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 突然 (tūrán) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲉⲓⲛⲁ (eksapeina) [Sahidic] (Coptic), ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲓⲛⲁ (eksapina) [Akhmimic, Sahidic] (Coptic), ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲡⲉ ⲛϣⲱⲡ (hnoušpe nšōp) [Sahidic] (Coptic), ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲱⲡ (hnoušōp) [Sahidic] (Coptic), distowgh (Cornish), a-dhesempis (Cornish), náhle (Czech), pludseligt (Danish), plotseling (Dutch), plots (Dutch), plotsklaps (Dutch), ineens (Dutch), pardoes (Dutch), subite (Esperanto), äkki (Estonian), yhtäkkiä (Finnish), äkkiä (Finnish), soudainement (French), tout d’un coup (French), de súpeto (Galician), de socato (Galician), subitamente (Galician), ፍጡነ (fəṭunä) (Ge'ez), በፍጡን (bäfṭun) (Ge'ez), ድንቀተ (dənḳätä) (Ge'ez), ውእተ ፡ ጊዜ (wəʾtä gize) (Ge'ez), ይእተ ፡ ጊዜ (yəʾtä gize) (Ge'ez), በምዕር (bämʿər) (Ge'ez), ግብተ (gəbtä) (Ge'ez), უეცრად (uecrad) (Georgian), მოულოდნელად (moulodnelad) (Georgian), ანაზდად (anazdad) (Georgian), უცბად (ucbad) (Georgian), plötzlich (German), urplötzlich (emph.) (German), unversehens (english: exalted) (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐍃 (anaks) (Gothic), ξαφνικά (xafniká) (Greek), ʻemo ʻole (Hawaiian), hikiwawe (Hawaiian), honua (Hawaiian), poni (Hawaiian), aia hoʻi (Hawaiian), פתאום (pit'óm) (Hebrew), अचानक (acānak) (Hindi), एकाएक (ekāek) (Hindi), सहसा (sahsā) (Hindi), hirtelen (Hungarian), egyszer csak (Hungarian), brátt (Icelandic), skyndilega (Icelandic), snögglega (Icelandic), hastarlega (Icelandic), subite (Ido), secara tiba-tiba (Indonesian), mendadak (Indonesian), tiba-tiba (Indonesian), subito (Interlingua), go tobann (Irish), de gheit (Irish), all'improvviso (Italian), improvvisamente (Italian), 突然 (totsuzen) (alt: とつぜん) (Japanese), ស្រាប់តែ (srap tae) (Khmer), ភ្លាមនោះ (pliem nuh) (Khmer), 갑자기 (gapjagi) (Korean), 돌연 (doryeon) (alt: 突然) (Korean), ūmai (Latgalian), pieški (Latgalian), repente (Latin), subito (Latin), derepente (Latin), pēkšņi (Latvian), staiga (Lithuanian), наеднаш (naednaš) (Macedonian), одеднаш (odednaš) (Macedonian), tiba-tiba (Malay), പെട്ടന്ന് (peṭṭannŭ) (Malayalam), പെട്ടെന്ന് (peṭṭennŭ) (Malayalam), f’daqqa waħda (Maltese), whakarere (note: placed after a verb) (Maori), अचानक (acānak) (Marathi), xapy'a (Mbyá Guaraní), гэнэт (genet) (Mongolian), अचानक (acānak) (Nepali), एक्कासि (ekkāsi) (Nepali), plutselig (Norwegian Bokmål), med ett (Norwegian Bokmål), յանկարծ (yankarc) (Old Armenian), յանկարծուստ (yankarcust) (Old Armenian), յանկարծակի (yankarcaki) (Old Armenian), fǣrlīċe (Old English), soudainnemant (Old French), მეყჳსეულად (meq̇wiseulad) (Old Georgian), მეყსეულად (meq̇seulad) (Old Georgian), მუნქუეს (munkues) (Old Georgian), ناگهان (nâgahân) (Persian), onverhofs (Plautdietsch), nagle (Polish), raptem (Polish), z nagła (Polish), znienacka (Polish), de repente (Portuguese), repentinamente (Portuguese), subitamente (Portuguese), subit (Romanian), brusc (Romanian), deodată (Romanian), instantaneu (Romanian), вдруг (vdrug) (Russian), неожи́данно (neožídanno) (Russian), внеза́пно (vnezápno) (Russian), скоропостижно (skoropostižno) (Russian), fa'afuase'i (Samoan), सहसा (sahasā) (Sanskrit), सपदि (sapadi) (Sanskrit), improntùitu [Logudorese] (Sardinian), indùna [Logudorese] (Sardinian), setzi [Logudorese] (Sardinian), tottindunu [Logudorese] (Sardinian), gu h-obann (Scottish Gaelic), gu grad (Scottish Gaelic), naênkrat (Slovene), de repente (Spanish), repentinamente (Spanish), de pronto (Spanish), súbitamente (Spanish), ghafula (Swahili), plötsligt (Swedish), med ens (Swedish), plötsligen (Swedish), ꠀꠈꠔꠣ (axóta) (Sylheti), అకస్మాత్తుగా (akasmāttugā) (Telugu), เร็ว (reo) (Thai), ཧོབ་ཏེ་ཁ་ལ (hob te kha la) (Tibetan), istak (Tocharian B), ramer (Tocharian B), fakatuʻupakē (Tongan), aniden (Turkish), ansızın (Turkish), birden (Turkish), birdenbire (Turkish), gafleten (Turkish), раптово (raptovo) (Ukrainian), несподівано (nespodivano) (Ukrainian), знена́цька (znenácʹka) (Ukrainian), اچانک (acānak) (Urdu), ناگہاں (nāgahā̃) (Urdu), thình lình (Vietnamese), đột ngột (Vietnamese), bỗng (Vietnamese), chợt (Vietnamese), yn sydyn (Welsh), אויףֿ (oyf) (Yiddish), מיט אַ מאָל (mit a mol) (Yiddish), פּלוצלינג (plutsling) (Yiddish)

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          "text": "Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched."
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          "ref": "2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)",
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "skielik"
        },
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "papritur"
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          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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          "alt": "Eastern vocalization: ܡܸܢ ܫܸܠܝܵܐ mεn ʃεljā Western vocalization: ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝܳܐ men ʃeljo",
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          "lang": "Aramaic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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          "word": "ܡܢ ܫܠܝܐ"
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          "alt": "Eastern vocalization: ܡܸܢ ܫܸܠܝ mεn ʃεlj̠ Western vocalization: ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝ men ʃelj̠",
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          "roman": "hankarcaki",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hankarc",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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        },
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          "code": "xcl",
          "lang": "Old Armenian",
          "roman": "yankarc",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "յանկարծ"
        },
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          "code": "xcl",
          "lang": "Old Armenian",
          "roman": "yankarcust",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "յանկարծուստ"
        },
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          "code": "xcl",
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          "roman": "yankarcaki",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "յանկարծակի"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "birdən-birə"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "qəflətən"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "qəfildən"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "birdən"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "qapıl",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ҡапыл"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "kinət",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ráptam",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "hoṭhat",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "হঠাৎ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vnezápno",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "внеза́пно"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nenadéjno",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ненаде́йно"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "rutta.rak",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ရုတ်တရက်"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hcui:hka.nai:hcathka.nai:",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ဆိုးခနဲဆတ်ခနဲ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "de sobte"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "sobtadament"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "tot d'una"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "de cop i volta"
        },
        {
          "code": "cic",
          "lang": "Chickasaw",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "himó̠nali'"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "jat¹ haa⁵",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "一吓"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "dat⁶ jin⁴",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "突然"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "突然間"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "dat⁶ jin⁴ gaan¹",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "突然间"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tūrán",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "突然"
        },
        {
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "eksapeina",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Sahidic"
          ],
          "word": "ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲉⲓⲛⲁ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "eksapina",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Akhmimic",
            "Sahidic"
          ],
          "word": "ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲓⲛⲁ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "hnoušpe nšōp",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Sahidic"
          ],
          "word": "ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲡⲉ ⲛϣⲱⲡ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "hnoušōp",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Sahidic"
          ],
          "word": "ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲱⲡ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "distowgh"
        },
        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "a-dhesempis"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "náhle"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "pludseligt"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plotseling"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plots"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plotsklaps"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ineens"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "pardoes"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subite"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "äkki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "yhtäkkiä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "äkkiä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "soudainement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "tout d’un coup"
        },
        {
          "code": "fro",
          "lang": "Old French",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "soudainnemant"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "de súpeto"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "de socato"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subitamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "gez",
          "lang": "Ge'ez",
          "roman": "fəṭunä",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ፍጡነ"
        },
        {
          "code": "gez",
          "lang": "Ge'ez",
          "roman": "bäfṭun",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "በፍጡን"
        },
        {
          "code": "gez",
          "lang": "Ge'ez",
          "roman": "dənḳätä",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ድንቀተ"
        },
        {
          "code": "gez",
          "lang": "Ge'ez",
          "roman": "wəʾtä gize",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ውእተ ፡ ጊዜ"
        },
        {
          "code": "gez",
          "lang": "Ge'ez",
          "roman": "yəʾtä gize",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ይእተ ፡ ጊዜ"
        },
        {
          "code": "gez",
          "lang": "Ge'ez",
          "roman": "bämʿər",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "በምዕር"
        },
        {
          "code": "gez",
          "lang": "Ge'ez",
          "roman": "gəbtä",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ግብተ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uecrad",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "უეცრად"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moulodnelad",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "მოულოდნელად"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "anazdad",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ანაზდად"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ucbad",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "უცბად"
        },
        {
          "code": "oge",
          "lang": "Old Georgian",
          "roman": "meq̇wiseulad",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "მეყჳსეულად"
        },
        {
          "code": "oge",
          "lang": "Old Georgian",
          "roman": "meq̇seulad",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "მეყსეულად"
        },
        {
          "code": "oge",
          "lang": "Old Georgian",
          "roman": "munkues",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "მუნქუეს"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plötzlich"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "urplötzlich (emph.)"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "exalted",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "unversehens"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "anaks",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐍃"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "xafniká",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ξαφνικά"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "áphnō",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ἄφνω"
        },
        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ʻemo ʻole"
        },
        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "hikiwawe"
        },
        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "honua"
        },
        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "poni"
        },
        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "aia hoʻi"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pit'óm",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "פתאום"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "acānak",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "अचानक"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ekāek",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "एकाएक"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sahsā",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "सहसा"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "hirtelen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "egyszer csak"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "brátt"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "skyndilega"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "snögglega"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "hastarlega"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subite"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "secara tiba-tiba"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "mendadak"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "tiba-tiba"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subito"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "go tobann"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "de gheit"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "all'improvviso"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "improvvisamente"
        },
        {
          "alt": "とつぜん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "totsuzen",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "突然"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "srap tae",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ស្រាប់តែ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pliem nuh",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ភ្លាមនោះ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gapjagi",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "갑자기"
        },
        {
          "alt": "突然",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "doryeon",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "돌연"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "lepirr",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "لەپڕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ūmai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "pieški"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "repente"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subito"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "derepente"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "pēkšņi"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "staiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "naednaš",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "наеднаш"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "odednaš",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "одеднаш"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "tiba-tiba"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "peṭṭannŭ",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "പെട്ടന്ന്"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "peṭṭennŭ",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "പെട്ടെന്ന്"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "f’daqqa waħda"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "placed after a verb",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "whakarere"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "acānak",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "अचानक"
        },
        {
          "code": "gun",
          "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "xapy'a"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "genet",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "гэнэт"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "acānak",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "अचानक"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "ekkāsi",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "एक्कासि"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plutselig"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "med ett"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "fǣrlīċe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâgahân",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ناگهان"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "onverhofs"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "nagle"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "raptem"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "z nagła"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "znienacka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "de repente"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "repentinamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subitamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "brusc"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "deodată"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "instantaneu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vdrug",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "вдруг"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neožídanno",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "неожи́данно"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vnezápno",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "внеза́пно"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skoropostižno",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "скоропостижно"
        },
        {
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "fa'afuase'i"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sahasā",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "सहसा"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sapadi",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "सपदि"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "improntùitu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "indùna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "setzi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "tottindunu"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "gu h-obann"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "gu grad"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "naênkrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "de repente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "repentinamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "de pronto"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "súbitamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ghafula"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plötsligt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "med ens"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plötsligen"
        },
        {
          "code": "syl",
          "lang": "Sylheti",
          "roman": "axóta",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ꠀꠈꠔꠣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "akasmāttugā",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "అకస్మాత్తుగా"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "reo",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "เร็ว"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "hob te kha la",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ཧོབ་ཏེ་ཁ་ལ"
        },
        {
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "istak"
        },
        {
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ramer"
        },
        {
          "code": "to",
          "lang": "Tongan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "fakatuʻupakē"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "aniden"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ansızın"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "birden"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "birdenbire"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "gafleten"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "raptovo",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "раптово"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nespodivano",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "несподівано"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "znenácʹka",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "знена́цька"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "acānak",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "اچانک"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "nāgahā̃",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ناگہاں"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "thình lình"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "đột ngột"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "bỗng"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "chợt"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "yn sydyn"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oyf",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "אויףֿ"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "mit a mol",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "מיט אַ מאָל"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "plutsling",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "פּלוצלינג"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌdn̩li/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-suddenly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-us-suddenly.ogg/En-us-suddenly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-us-suddenly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suddenly"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unsuddenly"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "suddenliness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sodenly"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sodenly",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sodeynly"
      },
      "expansion": "sodeynly",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sodeinliche"
      },
      "expansion": "sodeinliche",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sodaynlyche"
      },
      "expansion": "sodaynlyche",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sudden",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "sudden + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more suddenly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most suddenly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "suddenly (comparative more suddenly, superlative most suddenly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bashkir terms with redundant script codes",
        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Bengali terms with redundant script codes",
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English positive polarity items",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms suffixed with -ly",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
        "Malayalam terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Marathi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Russian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Telugu terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tibetan terms with redundant script codes",
        "Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "warning",
          "warning"
        ],
        [
          "sudden",
          "sudden"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌdn̩li/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-suddenly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-us-suddenly.ogg/En-us-suddenly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-us-suddenly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "all of a sudden"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "skielik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "papritur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "papritmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "befas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fajʔatan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "فَجْأَةً"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Eastern vocalization: ܡܸܢ ܫܸܠܝܵܐ mεn ʃεljā Western vocalization: ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝܳܐ men ʃeljo",
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܡܢ ܫܠܝܐ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Eastern vocalization: ܡܸܢ ܫܸܠܝ mεn ʃεlj̠ Western vocalization: ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝ men ʃelj̠",
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܡܢ ܫܠܝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hankarcaki",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "հանկարծակի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hankarc",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "հանկարծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "yankarc",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "յանկարծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "yankarcust",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "յանկարծուստ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "yankarcaki",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "յանկարծակի"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "birdən-birə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "qəflətən"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "qəfildən"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "birdən"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qapıl",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ҡапыл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kinət",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "кинәт"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ráptam",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ра́птам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "hoṭhat",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "হঠাৎ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vnezápno",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "внеза́пно"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenadéjno",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ненаде́йно"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "rutta.rak",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ရုတ်တရက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hcui:hka.nai:hcathka.nai:",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ဆိုးခနဲဆတ်ခနဲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "de sobte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "sobtadament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "tot d'una"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "de cop i volta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cic",
      "lang": "Chickasaw",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "himó̠nali'"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jat¹ haa⁵",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "一吓"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "dat⁶ jin⁴",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "突然"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "突然間"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "dat⁶ jin⁴ gaan¹",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "突然间"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tūrán",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "突然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "eksapeina",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Sahidic"
      ],
      "word": "ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲉⲓⲛⲁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "eksapina",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Akhmimic",
        "Sahidic"
      ],
      "word": "ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲓⲛⲁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "hnoušpe nšōp",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Sahidic"
      ],
      "word": "ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲡⲉ ⲛϣⲱⲡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "hnoušōp",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Sahidic"
      ],
      "word": "ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲱⲡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "distowgh"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "a-dhesempis"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "náhle"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "pludseligt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plotseling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plots"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plotsklaps"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ineens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "pardoes"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subite"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "äkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "yhtäkkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "äkkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "soudainement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "tout d’un coup"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "soudainnemant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "de súpeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "de socato"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subitamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "fəṭunä",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ፍጡነ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "bäfṭun",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "በፍጡን"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "dənḳätä",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ድንቀተ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "wəʾtä gize",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ውእተ ፡ ጊዜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "yəʾtä gize",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ይእተ ፡ ጊዜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "bämʿər",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "በምዕር"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "gəbtä",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ግብተ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uecrad",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "უეცრად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moulodnelad",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "მოულოდნელად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "anazdad",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ანაზდად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ucbad",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "უცბად"
    },
    {
      "code": "oge",
      "lang": "Old Georgian",
      "roman": "meq̇wiseulad",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "მეყჳსეულად"
    },
    {
      "code": "oge",
      "lang": "Old Georgian",
      "roman": "meq̇seulad",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "მეყსეულად"
    },
    {
      "code": "oge",
      "lang": "Old Georgian",
      "roman": "munkues",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "მუნქუეს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plötzlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "urplötzlich (emph.)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "exalted",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "unversehens"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "anaks",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xafniká",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ξαφνικά"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "áphnō",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ἄφνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ʻemo ʻole"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "hikiwawe"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "honua"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "poni"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "aia hoʻi"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pit'óm",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "פתאום"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "acānak",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "अचानक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ekāek",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "एकाएक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sahsā",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "सहसा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "hirtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "egyszer csak"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "brátt"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "skyndilega"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "snögglega"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "hastarlega"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subite"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "secara tiba-tiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "mendadak"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "tiba-tiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "go tobann"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "de gheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "all'improvviso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "improvvisamente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とつぜん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "totsuzen",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "突然"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "srap tae",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ស្រាប់តែ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pliem nuh",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ភ្លាមនោះ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gapjagi",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "갑자기"
    },
    {
      "alt": "突然",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "doryeon",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "돌연"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "lepirr",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "لەپڕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ūmai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "pieški"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "repente"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subito"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "derepente"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "pēkšņi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "staiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "naednaš",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "наеднаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "odednaš",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "одеднаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "tiba-tiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "peṭṭannŭ",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "പെട്ടന്ന്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "peṭṭennŭ",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "പെട്ടെന്ന്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "f’daqqa waħda"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "placed after a verb",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "whakarere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "acānak",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "अचानक"
    },
    {
      "code": "gun",
      "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "xapy'a"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "genet",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "гэнэт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "acānak",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "अचानक"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "ekkāsi",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "एक्कासि"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plutselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "med ett"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "fǣrlīċe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâgahân",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ناگهان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "onverhofs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "nagle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "raptem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "z nagła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "znienacka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "de repente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "repentinamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subitamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "brusc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "deodată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "instantaneu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vdrug",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "вдруг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neožídanno",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "неожи́данно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnezápno",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "внеза́пно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skoropostižno",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "скоропостижно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "fa'afuase'i"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sahasā",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "सहसा"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sapadi",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "सपदि"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "improntùitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "indùna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "setzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "tottindunu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "gu h-obann"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "gu grad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "naênkrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "de repente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "repentinamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "de pronto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "súbitamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ghafula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plötsligt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "med ens"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plötsligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "syl",
      "lang": "Sylheti",
      "roman": "axóta",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ꠀꠈꠔꠣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "akasmāttugā",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "అకస్మాత్తుగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "reo",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "เร็ว"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "hob te kha la",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ཧོབ་ཏེ་ཁ་ལ"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "istak"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ramer"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "fakatuʻupakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "aniden"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ansızın"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "birden"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "birdenbire"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "gafleten"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "raptovo",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "раптово"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nespodivano",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "несподівано"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znenácʹka",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "знена́цька"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "acānak",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "اچانک"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "nāgahā̃",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ناگہاں"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "thình lình"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "đột ngột"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "bỗng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "chợt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "yn sydyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oyf",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "אויףֿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mit a mol",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "מיט אַ מאָל"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "plutsling",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "פּלוצלינג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suddenly"
}

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