Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a surprising manner or degree; astonishingly.

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  • adverb In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a surprising manner
  • adverb in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise

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Examples

  • The reason I use the term "surprisingly" is because I typically listen to WBBR on my radio in the background for a large part of the day.

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  • However, the New York-based publisher of the "Grand Theft Auto" videogame franchise outperformed its own reduced expectations, and it boosted its fiscal 2008 guidance due to better-than-expected first-quarter results and what it described as surprisingly strong preorders of its latest "Grand Theft Auto" game, due April 29.

    Take-Two Posts $38 Million Loss 2008

  • MacLean suggests Santa Margherita Prosecco Di Valdobbiadene Brut, from Italy, which she describes as surprisingly rich and toasty, yet packed with luscious peach and pear notes.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • If economic data come in surprisingly good over the coming weeks - or inflation shows signs of rising - the Fed might not intervene.

    Four key questions if the Fed decides to stimulate the economy Neil Irwin 2010

  • The God of science, not surprisingly, is made in the image of science: He is a kind of fundamental force - a non-living, mechanistic force whose behavior is a consequence not of will but of the playing out of potential according to a super-complicated mathematical formula, explainable by a unified theory that we haven't quite figured out yet, that encompasses and explains the underlying inter-dynamics of physics, chemistry, biology, and sociology all at once.

    Bill Shireman: Science, Religion, and Sustainability: Lessons from My Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010

  • Seated in surprisingly comfortable wicker chairs, we were promptly presented with menus and the wine list.

    Long Island Dines 2009

  • His theme, not surprisingly, is French Cabernet Franc.

    Wine Blogging Wednesday 2009

  • If economic data come in surprisingly good over the coming weeks - or inflation shows signs of rising - the Fed might not intervene.

    Four key questions if the Fed decides to stimulate the economy Neil Irwin 2010

  • The God of science, not surprisingly, is made in the image of science: He is a kind of fundamental force - a non-living, mechanistic force whose behavior is a consequence not of will but of the playing out of potential according to a super-complicated mathematical formula, explainable by a unified theory that we haven't quite figured out yet, that encompasses and explains the underlying inter-dynamics of physics, chemistry, biology, and sociology all at once.

    Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010

  • The God of science, not surprisingly, is made in the image of science: He is a kind of fundamental force - a non-living, mechanistic force whose behavior is a consequence not of will but of the playing out of potential according to a super-complicated mathematical formula, explainable by a unified theory that we haven't quite figured out yet, that encompasses and explains the underlying inter-dynamics of physics, chemistry, biology, and sociology all at once.

    Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010

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