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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Travelers report anxiety and uncertainty, though some have experienced surprisingly short lines and easy travel.
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Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
If hip-hop was surprisingly well-represented, country was very much underrepresented, with nary a nomination in any of the four all-genre categories.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Even so, the project’s visual craft keeps its surprisingly spiritual finale afloat.
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But in New Zealand, thanks to its low population density, the skies have remained surprisingly dark, and over 96 percent of its landmass still has views of the Milky Way at night.
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Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
If hip-hop was surprisingly well-represented, country was very much underrepresented, with nary a nomination in any of the four all-genre categories.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Even so, the project’s visual craft keeps its surprisingly spiritual finale afloat.
—Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
But in New Zealand, thanks to its low population density, the skies have remained surprisingly dark, and over 96 percent of its landmass still has views of the Milky Way at night.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 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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