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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Sadly, and rather surprisingly, the hotel is not dog-friendly.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
The game, which was played on the military base at Fort Hood, Texas, featured the best rushing performance of the season by the Storm, and, surprisingly, the leading rusher was Plummer, who ran for 70 yards and also threw for 238 yards.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Looking back across six decades of Cannes triumphs, scandals, detours and reinventions, Schlöndorff sounds surprisingly unburdened by it all.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
What was unexpected, though, was the stark difference between the different geometric features’ fractal dimensions—especially for the surprisingly smooth coastlines.
—Alex Music, Scientific American, 16 May 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
The game, which was played on the military base at Fort Hood, Texas, featured the best rushing performance of the season by the Storm, and, surprisingly, the leading rusher was Plummer, who ran for 70 yards and also threw for 238 yards.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Looking back across six decades of Cannes triumphs, scandals, detours and reinventions, Schlöndorff sounds surprisingly unburdened by it all.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
What was unexpected, though, was the stark difference between the different geometric features’ fractal dimensions—especially for the surprisingly smooth coastlines.
—Alex Music, Scientific American, 16 May 2026
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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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