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
Not surprisingly, the number keeps rising.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
This surprisingly spacious, spill-proof crossbody bag is ready and waiting to durably tackle all of your summer day trips.
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Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
The device is surprisingly large, standing two-feet tall and weighing 11 pounds.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
22 June 2026
For its proof, the finish is surprisingly complex and continues evolving from one sip to the next.
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David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
This surprisingly spacious, spill-proof crossbody bag is ready and waiting to durably tackle all of your summer day trips.
—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
The device is surprisingly large, standing two-feet tall and weighing 11 pounds.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
22 June 2026
For its proof, the finish is surprisingly complex and continues evolving from one sip to the next.
—
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for surprisingly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprisingly
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Persistent fatigue despite adequate sleep, dizziness, breathlessness, brain fog, low mood, brittle nails, hair fall, feeling unusually cold, and changes in skin quality all signal low ferritin levels.
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An unusually dry and hot winter has created dangerously flammable conditions in forests and grasslands across the West.
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One potential downside of RV travel is that mechanical issues can pop up unexpectedly, like with any vehicle.
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If lottery-caliber talent unexpectedly drops, Philadelphia could have a chance to make a call.
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To oppose advert — sorry, hydration — breaks is now, amazingly, to stand opposed to football players having a quick drink after playing 22 minutes in 40C (104F) heat.
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The evening was going amazingly until the bill came.
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In particular, the extreme-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been astonishingly effective at inflating the cost of the German support, while diminishing its benefits.
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For the next step up in Apple's current-gen offerings, a $150 price drop on the astonishingly great MacBook Pro is a sweet deal.
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Ted Lasso rookie cards in existence; an astoundingly small number considering the hundreds that were originally given away.
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And then Chambers did an astoundingly brave thing.
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Meanwhile, the side that stopped La Roja in its tracks last week, Cape Verde, has stunningly kept its World Cup dream alive.
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The return of two bright stars from the franchise's past, a slew of crucial character deaths, and, most stunningly, a meta-confrontation between the core four over the very soul of Scary Movie, upend everything that came before, making for the series' most audacious climax by far.
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