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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Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Her mornings, though, are surprisingly low-key.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2025
Perhaps surprisingly, Rose says that losing in chess hurts a little more than failing to win on the basketball court used to.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Its geometry is surprisingly simple, though something about the proportions registers as offbeat.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
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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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