as in suddenly
without warning
the unanticipatedly high fuel prices had many people wondering how they were going to keep warm that winter
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanticipatedly
Adverb
-
The facility shut down suddenly last year, along with two other sites that were, at the time, owned by Manna Beverages, which employed more than 600 people collectively here and in Anaheim and Chino.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026 -
Amid the hullabaloo of his first trip to the United States as pontiff, Pope Francis suddenly asked his driver to stop.—
Julie Z. Weil,
Washington Post,
13 June 2026
Adverb
-
What begins as a joke spirals into something far more real and unexpectedly opens the door to Hollywood.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
-
More than four months have passed since Nancy Guthrie unexpectedly went missing, and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate her disappearance.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
9 June 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Unanticipatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanticipatedly. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
