as in unusually
in an unexpected way
The kids were surprisingly well-behaved during the sleepover. The restaurant's food was affordable and surprisingly delicious.
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Recent Examples of surprisingly
While the challenges are different, the underlying questions are surprisingly familiar.
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Ashok N. Srivastava,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
One of our favorite gifting hubs, Anthropologie also stocks a surprisingly robust assortment of outdoor furniture and decor.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
3 July 2026
The sweetness left it with a surprisingly subtle lemon flavor.
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Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
What William rather surprisingly revealed, though, is that his father—King Charles—hates soccer.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
3 July 2026
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Ashok N. Srivastava,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
One of our favorite gifting hubs, Anthropologie also stocks a surprisingly robust assortment of outdoor furniture and decor.
—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
3 July 2026
The sweetness left it with a surprisingly subtle lemon flavor.
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Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
What William rather surprisingly revealed, though, is that his father—King Charles—hates soccer.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
3 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for surprisingly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprisingly
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Persistent fatigue despite adequate sleep, dizziness, breathlessness, brain fog, low mood, brittle nails, hair fall, feeling unusually cold, and changes in skin quality all signal low ferritin levels.
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An unusually dry and hot winter has created dangerously flammable conditions in forests and grasslands across the West.
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Expecting a change of pace, she is instead unexpectedly pulled into a murder investigation involving a female climate activist.
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And suddenly, all those pages of analysis feel a lot like a MapQuest printout when the road is unexpectedly closed.
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But, amazingly, some on the right are making just that claim.
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To oppose advert — sorry, hydration — breaks is now, amazingly, to stand opposed to football players having a quick drink after playing 22 minutes in 40C (104F) heat.
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For the next step up in Apple's current-gen offerings, a $50 price drop on the astonishingly great MacBook Pro is a little treat.
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In particular, the extreme-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been astonishingly effective at inflating the cost of the German support, while diminishing its benefits.
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Mendoza, 6-foot-5, was astoundingly effective for the Indiana Hoosiers in 2025, winning the Heisman Trophy and the national championship.
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Ted Lasso rookie cards in existence; an astoundingly small number considering the hundreds that were originally given away.
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Yet stunningly, the three refs ignored the infraction in real time.
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Meanwhile, the side that stopped La Roja in its tracks last week, Cape Verde, has stunningly kept its World Cup dream alive.
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“Surprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprisingly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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