Read full poem →to stand it. For swimming he was noted, being in many of his athletic
proclivities surprisingly like Byron in his youth."
Dictionary Entry
In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.
In a Sentence
“Not surprisingly, the electrician didn't come at the time he had said.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
little surprisinglylarge surprisinglyenough surprisinglygood surprisinglywell surprisinglyhigh surprisinglysurprisingly somewhat
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Poetry examples for “surprisingly”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →he might really be able to love me, I was so intelligent and cynical
and yet had such a kind face, surprisingly like his older sister's; so
Read full poem →Here, too, are no tremblings of hope, no sound confidence in the
"average" man, such as Gray surprisingly glimpses. One begins to
suspect that it is more necessary to be subtle in evocations of