unsurprisingly
adverb
un·sur·pris·ing·ly
ˌən-sər-ˈprī-ziŋ-lē 
ˌən-sə-
1
: as is not surprising
Matters complicate, unsurprisingly.—
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann2
: in an unsurprising manner
the story ended unsurprisingly
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Luckey, perhaps unsurprisingly, has come out on the side of those criticizing Anthropic.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
This quality, perhaps unsurprisingly, makes antimatter both incredibly rare and notoriously difficult to study.
—Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
But perhaps no debut has been more closely watched than Matthieu Blazy’s move from Bottega Veneta to Chanel—and, unsurprisingly, the conversation has no plans of stopping.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
On those nights, Florida’s unsurprisingly 13-0, and only two of those wins were by fewer than 15 points.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
This quality, perhaps unsurprisingly, makes antimatter both incredibly rare and notoriously difficult to study.
—Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
But perhaps no debut has been more closely watched than Matthieu Blazy’s move from Bottega Veneta to Chanel—and, unsurprisingly, the conversation has no plans of stopping.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
On those nights, Florida’s unsurprisingly 13-0, and only two of those wins were by fewer than 15 points.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Unsurprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsurprisingly. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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