Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a surprising manner or degree; astonishingly.
Wiktionary
- adv. In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a surprising manner
- adv. in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
“Seated in surprisingly comfortable wicker chairs, we were promptly presented with menus and the wine list.”
“His theme, not surprisingly, is French Cabernet Franc.”
“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.”
The Huffington Post: Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather
“If economic data come in surprisingly good over the coming weeks - or inflation shows signs of rising - the Fed might not intervene.”
The Washington Post: Four key questions if the Fed decides to stimulate the economy
“Phillips, surprisingly, is taking exception to anyone mentioning the incident.”
“More surprisingly is that this is a first person shooter.”
“This last bit, not surprisingly, is where I get the title from …”
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exemplifying
above all, chiefly, with attention to, especially, particularly, singularly, primacy, primarily, for instance, in particular, markedly, namely, and 42 more...
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The Over-Worked "Very"
Synonyms for the word "very"
absolutely, actually, acutely, amazingly, assuredly, astonishingly, certainly, decidedly, desperately, downright, emphatically, exceedingly and 43 more...
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EN - intensifiers
vastly, deeply, dearly, awfully, truly, amply, acutely, absolutely, astonishingly, certainly, considerably, decidedly and 32 more...
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kingofbash's Words
bash, poleaxed, salacious, libertine, charlatan, aplomb, fortuitous, finagle, apoplectic, debutante, carte blanche, aardvark and 472 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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