some kind of vs strikingly

some kind of

adv
  • Used as an intensifier of adjectives: remarkably 

det
  • A remarkable. 

  • a mediocre; a bare minimum; (denoting that something only barely fits a certain category, or is very mediocre in it) 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see some, kind, of. 

strikingly

adv
  • To a remarkable degree or extent. 

  • In a striking way. 

  • Remarkably, surprisingly. 

  • Strikingly, he had bowed deeply to the Emperor. 

How often have the words some kind of and strikingly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )