SURPRISINGLY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

surprisingly

adverb

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 large ships are designed to minimize movement, Alaska’s waters can still get surprisingly rough at times—especially when sailing through open passages. —

Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026 The profile of the pedant has changed surprisingly across time periods and cultures, but what’s constant is that nobody wants to be called one. —

The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 While the film industry loves nothing more than to recycle ideas until everything is twinning, surprisingly, there hasn't been a greater demand for movies centred around a space prison. —

Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Now, in last place in the AL East to start this season, Boston is making wholesale changes after a surprisingly bad start. —

Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surprisingly

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Tatum and Brown provided the other three in an unusually active first quarter for Boston’s superstar duo.

— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
The turtles’ unusually long lifespan of up to 70 or 80 years makes the process observable over a long period of time, says Stefanov, allowing the scientists to collect large amounts of data.

— Lise Pedersen, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026