how to pronounce suddenly

/ˈsʌdənliː/

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suddenly is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of suddenly in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… seemed to be dead suddenly waking up …”

meanings of suddenly

adverb:

Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

suddenly frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word suddenly occurs in english on average 73.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics suddenly can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that suddenly can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;