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
Examples of unsurprisingly in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Some opened general stores selling the frozen treat, which was unsurprisingly popular in the tropical climate.
—Matthew Dekneef, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
There's unsurprisingly a partisan gap: 68 percent of Democrats said the government should forgive student loans, while only 17 percent of Republicans thought so.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Somewhat unsurprisingly, given an unrelenting remit of climate anxieties and global unrest, this tendency has left no genre untouched.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Polly’s father, Marc Klaas, is unsurprisingly extremely opposed to that.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Cummings, unsurprisingly, saw Brexit in revolutionary terms—as a chance to break with the country’s ruling orthodoxy.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Like The Farewell, which told the story of a young Chinese American woman returning to China to spend time with her dying grandmother, Expats is (unsurprisingly) concerned with the experience of living between cultures.
—Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Perhaps unsurprisingly, different sources have different takes on the true scope, impact and sources of divisions in U.S politics.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
Perhaps unsurprisingly, a tech start-up is now trying to make the jhanas accessible to almost anyone, at almost any time.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2024
Matthew Dekneef, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
There's unsurprisingly a partisan gap: 68 percent of Democrats said the government should forgive student loans, while only 17 percent of Republicans thought so.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Somewhat unsurprisingly, given an unrelenting remit of climate anxieties and global unrest, this tendency has left no genre untouched.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Polly’s father, Marc Klaas, is unsurprisingly extremely opposed to that.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Cummings, unsurprisingly, saw Brexit in revolutionary terms—as a chance to break with the country’s ruling orthodoxy.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Like The Farewell, which told the story of a young Chinese American woman returning to China to spend time with her dying grandmother, Expats is (unsurprisingly) concerned with the experience of living between cultures.
—Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Perhaps unsurprisingly, different sources have different takes on the true scope, impact and sources of divisions in U.S politics.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
Perhaps unsurprisingly, a tech start-up is now trying to make the jhanas accessible to almost anyone, at almost any time.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2024
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