Sekirov Dictionary

sudden

/ˈsʌd.ən/

adjective 3
adverb 1
noun 1
forms 5

adjective3

•
happening very fast and without any warning
- The sudden drop in temperature left everyone cold and confused.
•
(no longer used) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
- Never was such a sudden scholar made. — 1599
•
(no longer used) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
- I have no joy of this contract to-night: / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden — 1591

adverb1

•
(literary) Suddenly.
- Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. — 1667

noun1

(no longer used) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

forms

suddens · more sudden · suddener · most sudden · suddenest

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