surprisingly
adverb
sur·pris·ing·ly
sər-ˈprī-ziŋ-lē 
sə-
1
: in a surprising manner : to a surprising degree
a surprisingly fast runner
2
: it is surprising that
surprisingly, voter turnout was high
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Not surprisingly, Newsom is now running into opposition.
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Erik Skindrud, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
Perhaps not surprisingly, only three teams even put in waiver bids; the three worst teams in the league in SoCal, Carolina, and New York.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
His command had been surprisingly consistent during a minor-league rehab stint, collecting 16 strikeouts against only one walk in three outings with triple-A Oklahoma City.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
The researchers were able to dig surprisingly deep into the power and limitations of these policies, too.
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Erik Skindrud, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
Perhaps not surprisingly, only three teams even put in waiver bids; the three worst teams in the league in SoCal, Carolina, and New York.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
His command had been surprisingly consistent during a minor-league rehab stint, collecting 16 strikeouts against only one walk in three outings with triple-A Oklahoma City.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
The researchers were able to dig surprisingly deep into the power and limitations of these policies, too.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 June 2025
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surprisingly
adverb
sur·pris·ing·ly
-lē
1
: in a surprising manner : to a surprising degree
a surprisingly fast runner
2
: it is surprising that
surprisingly, no one disagreed
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