Surprisingly - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sərˈpraɪzɪŋlɪ|  American pronunciation of the word surprisingly
Brit.  |səˈpraɪzɪŋlɪ|  British pronunciation of the word surprisingly

adverb

- in a surprising manner
he was surprisingly friendly
- in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise (syn: amazingly, astonishingly)

Extra examples

Surprisingly little altered for fifteen years.

I did surprisingly well on my history test.

It's surprisingly easy to use.

Surprisingly, the class was quiet.

The room was surprisingly bare and cheerless.

...children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age...

...a surprisingly freehearted political candidate...

He was surprisingly nonchalant about winning the award.

...readers will encounter surprisingly novelettish dialogue for a work that is supposed to be a literary novel...

...the panther is surprisingly difficult to spot...

...not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athetically trim actor in the role of the paunchy, balding artist...

...during the Middle Ages even theologians could be surprisingly polemical in their writings...

Surprisingly, most Americans are apathetic toward this important issue.

...a small car that's surprisingly roomy inside...

...not surprisingly, the white cow and black bull had a spotted calf...

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