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
The rules are rarely spoken, but breaking them can feel surprisingly consequential.
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026
Consumer spending was surprisingly resilient through 2025 and has been into 2026 so far even as inflation leaps.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Despite its relatively large capacity, the engine feels surprisingly modest in performance terms.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
While deep gouges usually need replacement or expert restoration, shallow surface scratches often respond surprisingly well to careful buffing.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026
Consumer spending was surprisingly resilient through 2025 and has been into 2026 so far even as inflation leaps.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Despite its relatively large capacity, the engine feels surprisingly modest in performance terms.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
While deep gouges usually need replacement or expert restoration, shallow surface scratches often respond surprisingly well to careful buffing.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprisingly
Adverb
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Researchers found unusually high hantavirus levels in rodents in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting greater exposure risk in the surrounding agricultural communities.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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The one oddity is that hydroelectric production has surged without a corresponding increase in capacity, likely due to unusually warm weather in the western US causing the snowpack to melt early.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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Larson unexpectedly died of an aortic dissection the night before the show’s first off-Broadway performance in 1996.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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Mortgage rates can change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially in the current economic landscape.—
Tim Maxwell,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Adverb
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This season is looking amazingly like last season.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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An has amazingly translated this into a fluid experience in English, easy to follow yet pleasantly disorienting.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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The mathematics of flat space is astonishingly versatile, and new research is upending the traditional thinking about the layout of our cosmos.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 May 2026
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Much more rarely — in fact, corresponding exactly to the release rate of movies by visionary German director Valeska Grisebach — the brilliance goes bone-deep, emerging from an astonishingly new and strange filmic architecture.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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Simply, astoundingly, that works pretty well.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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In terms of quality of life — affluence, food quality and production, life expectancies, standard of living almost everywhere — the news is astoundingly good.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Mama's serene smile is fixed upon her stunningly gorgeous face.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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This time, though, he's already somewhat sidelined by the introduction of Johnny Cage (Karl Urban), and then he's stunningly killed during a fight with Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford), who defeats him and crushes his head.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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“Surprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprisingly. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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