3
mistakenly(adverb, suddenly, unexpectedly)
3
precipitously
3
without warning(expression, idiom, adverb, suddenly, unexpectedly)
2
abrupt
2
bang
2
curtly
2
dead
2
hastily
2
like a thunderbolt(expression, idiom, inexpectation)
2
off guard(expression, adverb, suddenly, unexpectedly, ignorantly)
2
unanticipatedly(adverb, suddenly, unexpectedly, abruptly, ignorantly)
2
unprepared(adjective, adverb, suddenly, unexpectedly, ignorantly)
2
unready(adjective, adverb, suddenly, unexpectedly, ignorantly)
2
without notice(expression, idiom, inexpectation)
1
astonished
1
by mistake(expression, adverb, suddenly, unexpectedly, ignorantly)
1
dash
1
fall
1
forthwith(adverb, suddenly, unexpectedly, abruptly)
1
guiltlessly
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