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strikingly

 adverb
     
strik‧ing‧ly
1 in a way that is very easy to notice
strikingly similar/different
The two experiments produced strikingly different results.
2 used to emphasize that someone or something is beautiful in a way that is easy to notice:
one of the most strikingly attractive regions in Britain
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