as in unusually
in an unexpected way
The kids were surprisingly well-behaved during the sleepover. The restaurant's food was affordable and surprisingly delicious.
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Recent Examples of surprisingly
And the Anker Soundcore Liberty 4 NC earbuds deliver punchy sound with surprisingly strong ANC, plus LDAC streaming, now sitting pretty at 30% off.
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Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
The back of the knee is a surprisingly erotic spot, sensitive to light touch and teasing.
—Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
This effortlessly cool approach to highlighted hair is surprisingly low-maintenance.
—Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
As many as 190,000 Russian troops—essentially Putin’s entire deployable army at that time—were literally bogged down in the mud, trapped in Ukraine and under attack from surprisingly resilient Ukrainian forces.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
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Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
The back of the knee is a surprisingly erotic spot, sensitive to light touch and teasing.
—Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
This effortlessly cool approach to highlighted hair is surprisingly low-maintenance.
—Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
As many as 190,000 Russian troops—essentially Putin’s entire deployable army at that time—were literally bogged down in the mud, trapped in Ukraine and under attack from surprisingly resilient Ukrainian forces.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprisingly
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By adding a new molecule— borrowed from skin care—to their Infiniment Coty Paris fragrance collection, perfumes achieve the unusually long wear time of 30 hours, something none of us or our industry judges have ever seen or smelled before.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Keep those air conditioners humming, because this week is kicking off with some unusually hot weather.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Sep. 2025
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Upwards of ten thousand fans made the trip each year, but despite the match-up’s popularity and history, the Georgia Tech administration unexpectedly announced its intention to end the series when the contract ran out in the late 1970s.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Wholesale inflation prices also fell unexpectedly last month.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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This is amazingly rude, but still sayable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Book a Stay Hotel Bella Grande (which is owned by Cofoco) offers an amazingly central location in downtown Copenhagen, but be advised the rooms are not air-conditioned which can be an issue during the warmer summer months.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Cosmologists now argue the universe’s primordial magnetic fields were astonishingly weak, comparable to the brain’s tiny signals, yet still thread today’s cosmic web.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Tulloch is one of Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge AI researchers who have lately attracted astonishingly lucrative job offers from legacy tech companies trying to lure them away from their AI-native startups.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ruffalo's fallen federal agent is Tom Brandis, a former priest who is reassigned from the field to man career fair booths after an astoundingly terrible family tragedy leaves him a broken man.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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To make matters worse, most leaders of advanced economies are astoundingly clueless as to how to create conditions for vibrant prosperity.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Husseini had proven stunningly corrupt.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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She was stunningly draped in a tan Harith Hashim ensemble, the wavy silhouette of which contrasted with how Andrew Fitzsimons styled her hair perfectly straight.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Surprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprisingly. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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