surprisingly
adverb
sur·pris·ing·ly
sər-ˈprī-ziŋ-lē 
sə-
1
: in a surprising manner : to a surprising degree
a surprisingly fast runner
2
: it is surprising that
surprisingly, voter turnout was high
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Fashion-centric documentaries, from 1995’s Unzipped to Dior and I in 2014, have proved surprisingly appealing and competition shows à la Project Runway oddly enduring.
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Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Verbal reading without an audience is, in fact, surprisingly common.
—Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
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Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Verbal reading without an audience is, in fact, surprisingly common.
—Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for surprisingly
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surprisingly
adverb
sur·pris·ing·ly
-lē
1
: in a surprising manner : to a surprising degree
a surprisingly fast runner
2
: it is surprising that
surprisingly, no one disagreed
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