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 for those who care about social connection and civic life, fandom is a surprisingly promising path to both.
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Todd Rogers, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Not surprisingly those who relied on loans for their tuition were more likely to report food insecurity than those with parental support.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Not surprisingly, finalists have often cheered or been members of dance teams in college.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Not surprisingly, the visit doesn’t go well.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Todd Rogers, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Not surprisingly those who relied on loans for their tuition were more likely to report food insecurity than those with parental support.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Not surprisingly, finalists have often cheered or been members of dance teams in college.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Not surprisingly, the visit doesn’t go well.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprisingly
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Earlier this year, a titanium mine was slated for construction on the edge of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, an unusually diverse ecosystem that is home to some of the country’s most pristine wetlands.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film’s unusually long running time of 174 minutes would likely have required its images to be pretty heavily compressed to fit them onto a 66GB disc, but 100GB will hopefully give the remaster room to breathe.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Thomas Samson | Afp | Getty Images Heading into another vote of confidence next week, France now unexpectedly finds itself unfavorably compared to Italy, a country previously renowned for political upheaval and economic frailty.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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The famed animal conservationist died after unexpectedly being attacked by a stingray.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fortunately, there are these amazingly good protein chips made with real ingredients to choose from.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
19 Aug. 2025
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Hundreds of pieces by local artists (who, amazingly, have included Jackson Pollock and Elaine and Willem de Kooning) are hung up and ready to be grabbed by the art lovers who have lined up early to find the next superstar.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 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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The production process is astonishingly simple.—
Akiko Katayama,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 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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La Spezia is your gateway to Pisa, Genoa, and Florence, as well as Cinque Terre, five stunningly vertical villages that are all easily connected by train.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Howard’s reputation for being a workmanlike filmmaker — solid, unflashy, without an easily noticeable personal style — proves to be stunningly effective in Frost/Nixon, where the actors and the script are the real stars.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Surprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprisingly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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