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.
—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
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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
Adverb
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Actress Park Eun-bin is offering unusually candid insights into her new Netflix superhero comedy, *WONDERfools*, a departure from her *Extraordinary Attorney Woo* role.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The unusually large shift in Secret Service funds comes amid revelations that the president’s ballroom project will rely more on taxpayer money than the administration acknowledged.—
Jonathan O'Connell,
Washington Post,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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One potential downside of RV travel is that mechanical issues can pop up unexpectedly, like with any vehicle.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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If lottery-caliber talent unexpectedly drops, Philadelphia could have a chance to make a call.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Adverb
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The evening was going amazingly until the bill came.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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Even more amazingly, Yuba County had farmstays in its plan.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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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.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
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But Gaudette did things the hard way, putting together scenes that can last 30 seconds or longer, which means an astonishingly high number of generations until the model gets it right.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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And then Chambers did an astoundingly brave thing.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026
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Simply, astoundingly, that works pretty well.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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.—
David Hickey,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
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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.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 June 2026
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“Surprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprisingly. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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