SURPRISINGLY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

surprisingly

adverb

Definition of surprisingly

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 Half these upwardly mobile workers are Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs), without college degrees, and they are concentrated in a surprisingly small set of ‘gateway’ jobs. — Byron Auguste, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 During last week’s Mariah Carey Night, Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong were surprisingly eliminated from DWTS. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 The Brewers’ final go-ahead run came in the sixth on Contreras’ single after Brice Turang surprisingly was intentionally walked in front of him. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 The commander, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe battlefield details, said rebel forces were surprisingly large, and bolstered by medium and short-range ballistic missiles. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surprisingly

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Isaias is the first hurricane of an unusually quiet Atlantic season.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
The Category 3 storm has grown into a major hurricane, the first of an unusually quiet Atlantic season, and is expected to make landfall Friday night.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of unusually

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Some years later, almost just as astonishingly, Stephen Dixon and I became pen pals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Forecasts for this storm reflect the improving reliability of AI weather models overall, and signal an astonishingly rapid shift to routine use of such products by human forecasters.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of astonishingly

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Picking the flags for our new school was the hardest part of an astoundingly easy process.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
Today, almost 160 years since Twain’s account of his trip was first published, global travel has become astoundingly more accessible, efficient, and interconnected.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of astoundingly

Adverb

The outstanding artwork of the exhibition, Goldin’s slideshow, largely devoted to candid portraits of friends, many shot in her Bowery loft, remains stunningly raw.

— J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Philadelphia Eagles legend and two-time Super Bowl champion Lane Johnson stunningly announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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