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amazing

 adjective
     
a‧maz‧ing S2
1 very good, especially in an unexpected way:
He's an amazing player to watch.
an amazing bargain
2 so surprising you can hardly believe it:
It's amazing how often you see drivers using mobile phones.
—amazingly adverb:
These shoes were amazingly cheap.
WORD FOCUS: surprising WORD FOCUS: surprising
very surprising: amazing, extraordinary, astonishing, astounding, staggering, startling

➔ See also surprisingWORD FOCUS: good WORD FOCUS: good
very good: excellent, fantastic, wonderful, great, terrific, neat American English, superb, amazing, outstanding, brilliant, impressive, fine, first-class, out of this world
of good quality: high quality, top quality, superior, deluxe, classy
morally good: decent, virtuous, respectable, honourable British English/honorable American English, upright, beyond reproach

➔ See also good
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