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schlagartig

abruptly

adverb SHLAAK-ar-tikh Rare
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Also means

all at once

Usage Note

schlagartig means suddenly and all at once, as if struck a blow, as in schlagartig still. From Schlag (blow), it stresses an instantaneous, dramatic change.

Examples

"Schlagartig wurde es im Saal still."

Natural Translation

All at once it went quiet in the hall.

Literal Translation

Blow-like became it in-the hall quiet.

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