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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Fun, fast-moving, and surprisingly simple, Fry n’ Fly keeps the whole family entertained.
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Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Patrick took it surprisingly well, because Kacie kept making out with him and confirming that her choice had nothing to do with her feelings for him.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Indiana has little football tradition but surprisingly ranks in the top 20 in terms of athletics revenue and football operations spending.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
At the time, PEOPLE got an early sample of the drops, which tasted surprisingly similar to the classic chicken noodle soup.
—Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Patrick took it surprisingly well, because Kacie kept making out with him and confirming that her choice had nothing to do with her feelings for him.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Indiana has little football tradition but surprisingly ranks in the top 20 in terms of athletics revenue and football operations spending.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
At the time, PEOPLE got an early sample of the drops, which tasted surprisingly similar to the classic chicken noodle soup.
—Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprisingly
Adverb
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Checking Activity Monitor for unknown processes or unusually high CPU or memory usage can reveal malware that tries to hide itself with random or unfamiliar names.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The speech was viewed by many as unusually political for a sitting justice.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
6 Oct. 2025
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The album sometimes does fit that description—especially on the relatively strong, if unexpectedly downcast, opening three songs.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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The new Fair Oaks restaurant and an upcoming Roseville eatery are housed in units formerly filled by Chando’s Tacos — which shut down unexpectedly in July — with two other restaurants slated for Davis and Elk Grove.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The answer from behind the wheel, amazingly, is both.—
Ben Oliver,
Robb Report,
30 Sep. 2025
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Daltrey’s voice — the one thing that really makes or breaks a Who show — sounded amazingly strong for most of the night.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Most of them are astonishingly clear, though a few are milkier or even red at depth (some of the red ones have clarity like a ruby).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Here, within an astonishingly small radius, are housed such digital titans as OpenAI, Meta, Alphabet, Apple, Intel, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe and HP.—
Tyler Johnson,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Then millions did, an astoundingly quick adoption.—
Jim Cramer,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Nonetheless, this excellent and unlikely cocktail was, astoundingly and as the name suggests, conceived to be enjoyed in the morning.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
27 Sep. 2025
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Over the last 15 years, health data has mostly become electronic, compute power has expanded 360-fold and artificial intelligence has become stunningly powerful.—
Dan Riskin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Husseini had proven stunningly corrupt.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Surprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprisingly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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