surprisingly

Adverb

Meaning

in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise

in a surprising manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

unusually unexpectedly amazingly astonishingly very especially particularly extremely rarely extra notably famously surprising abruptly incredibly
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Antonyms

normally as usual unsurprisingly little generally commonly
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Phrases with the word

be surprisingly good

Examples

It is one of the more striking generalizations of biochemistry - which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical textbooks - that the twenty amino acids and the four bases, are, with minor reservations, the same throughout Nature. Francis Crick

Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. Martha Beck

Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don't go along with that. The memories I value most, I don't ever see them fading. Kazuo Ishiguro

Reptiles and amphibians are sometimes thought of as primitive, dull and dimwitted. In fact, of course, they can be lethally fast, spectacularly beautiful, surprisingly affectionate and very sophisticated. David Attenborough

Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest. Michael Cunningham

The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal. Ellsworth Huntington

Close letter words and terms

surprisement surpriser surprising surprisingness surprize surquedous