unsurprisingly
adverb
un·sur·pris·ing·ly
ˌən-sər-ˈprī-ziŋ-lē 
ˌən-sə-
1
: as is not surprising
matters complicate, unsurprisingly—
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann2
: in an unsurprising manner
the story ended unsurprisingly
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Conservative pundits, perhaps unsurprisingly, criticized her message (and its emotional delivery); other commenters chided her for the seeming theatricality of filming her distress.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Going Dutch, meanwhile, has perhaps unsurprisingly sold to The Netherlands, with Talpa striking a deal with Fox Entertainment Global at the London TV Screenings.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
And the Western flair she’s been sporting ever since has unsurprisingly founded its way into her newest collab with Frankies Bikinis.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
And perhaps unsurprisingly, nearly all leaders disagreed with any suggestion of using the FIRE free speech rankings to allocate federal research grants.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Going Dutch, meanwhile, has perhaps unsurprisingly sold to The Netherlands, with Talpa striking a deal with Fox Entertainment Global at the London TV Screenings.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
And the Western flair she’s been sporting ever since has unsurprisingly founded its way into her newest collab with Frankies Bikinis.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
And perhaps unsurprisingly, nearly all leaders disagreed with any suggestion of using the FIRE free speech rankings to allocate federal research grants.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsurprisingly
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“Unsurprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsurprisingly. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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