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
Perhaps surprisingly, there are few legal restraints to stop him.
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
The Rockets, who surprisingly finished second in the West behind Oklahoma City last season, were dealt a tough blow over the summer, though, when point guard Fred VanVleet was lost for the season to a torn ACL suffered during a voluntary workout.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
Macy is a surprisingly empathetic narrator, seeking to find common ground with QAnon conspiracists and Second Amendment fundamentalists, without ever minimizing her own beliefs.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
The mild hybrid Woodland and XSE models had plenty of power for merging into highway traffic and driving through a desert landscape surprisingly lush after unseasonable heavy October rains.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
The Rockets, who surprisingly finished second in the West behind Oklahoma City last season, were dealt a tough blow over the summer, though, when point guard Fred VanVleet was lost for the season to a torn ACL suffered during a voluntary workout.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
Macy is a surprisingly empathetic narrator, seeking to find common ground with QAnon conspiracists and Second Amendment fundamentalists, without ever minimizing her own beliefs.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
The mild hybrid Woodland and XSE models had plenty of power for merging into highway traffic and driving through a desert landscape surprisingly lush after unseasonable heavy October rains.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprisingly
Adverb
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With a displacement of 443 GT, the vessel is compact yet delivers an unusually large amount of exterior deck space.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
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The intensification was powered by unusually warm sea water in the Caribbean, which provides the energy for the storm to gather strength.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Typically, Angels work alone, but when the Christmas Connection Department faces the threat of downsizing, Monica and Michael are unexpectedly paired to ensure Daisy and Patrick fall in love before Christmas.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Things might be different now, as MFE this week unexpectedly cleared out the ProSieben C-suite and replacing respected ProSieben CEO Bert Habets with its own CFO, Marco Giordani.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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With this, her ninth picture, Reichardt takes her life-long fascination with large scale thievery and unreels a museum robbery that ranks as amazingly inept.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Even without the rigid protection of a hard shell, this softside suitcase is amazingly durable.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This is an astonishingly weak negotiating position.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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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
Adverb
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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,
25 Oct. 2025
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Testing these rockets went astoundingly well, in fact.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But then Miami fizzled and was stunningly eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Amid stunningly high Las Vegas prices, a travel expert shares money-saving tips for visitors.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Surprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprisingly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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