unexpectedly

Adverb

Meaning

without advance planning

in a way that was not expected

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

accidentally by chance circumstantially out of the blue incidentally short Seth platt immediately quickly sudden instantly surprising abruptly swiftly
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Antonyms

often generally frequently slowly gradually regularly
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Phrases with the word

become angry unexpectedly become very angry unexpectedly unexpectedly successful entrant happen unexpectedly announce unexpectedly completely unexpectedly

Examples

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal - there's the trick! Mikhail Bulgakov

The Strange Loop phenomenon occurs whenever, by moving upwards (or downwards) through levels of some hierarchial system, we unexpectedly find ourselves right back where we started. Douglas Hofstadter

I am having a very difficult time. Things happen unexpectedly. Kōki Hirota

I must be permitted to say that I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties so important and responsible as those which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me. Andrew Johnson

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly. Arthur Erickson

Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned. Anna Freud

Close letter words and terms

unexpected result unexpected success unexpected winner unexpectedly successful entrant unexpectedly-feathered unexpectedly-pinnate