いきなり
all of a sudden, without warning
A hand lands flat on your shoulder from behind and nobody made a sound getting there. Eek, and in a hurry, really: いきなり.
The abrupt spoken one. 突然 とつぜん is the written version and 急に きゅうに is a state changing fast.
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