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Definitions

surprisingly

[ser-prahy-zing-lee, suh-] / sərˈpraɪ zɪŋ li, sə- /

ADVERB

particularly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

especially exceptionally notably principally specially unusually

STRONG

peculiarly

WEAK

decidedly distinctly explicitly expressly in particular individually markedly outstandingly singularly uncommonly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normally usually

WEAK

commonly generally

ADVERB

remarkably

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awfully curiously exceptionally extraordinarily really singularly so strangely terribly uncommonly very

WEAK

almighty awful especially extra mighty oddly peculiarly plenty powerful rarely real right so much terrifically too much uncommon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

commonly little

ADVERB

strangely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abnormally amazingly curiously peculiarly rarely remarkably startlingly strikingly uncommonly uniquely unusually

STRONG

queerly

WEAK

astonishingly exceptionally exotically fantastically indescribably unfamiliarly unnaturally

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently

WEAK

commonly normally regularly unexceptionally usually

ADVERB

unawares

Synonyms

STRONG

short

WEAK

aback abruptly accidentally by accident by mistake by surprise carelessly ignorantly inadvertently mistakenly off guard sudden unconsciously unexpectedly unintentionally unknowingly unprepared unready unwittingly

Antonyms

WEAK

consciously knowingly

ADVERB

unusually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awfully curiously extraordinarily really remarkably so strangely terribly terrifically uncommonly very

WEAK

almighty awful especially extra mighty oddly peculiarly plenty powerful rarely real right so much too much uncommon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

commonly little

WEAK

normally usually

ADVERB

very

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely awfully certainly decidedly deeply eminently exceedingly excessively extraordinarily extremely greatly highly incredibly noticeably particularly pretty profoundly remarkably terribly truly uncommonly unusually wonderfully

WEAK

acutely amply astonishingly considerably dearly emphatically exaggeratedly extensively indispensably largely notably positively powerfully pressingly prodigiously substantially superlatively surpassingly vastly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

commonly doubtfully dubiously indefinite little unremarkably usually

Example Sentences

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GIMBEL: One thing I always have to remind myself of is that economies can be surprisingly resilient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

But they are only one part of a much larger archive that remains surprisingly underused.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

He said 2026 was "surprisingly similar" to 2022, which for glaciers was "by far the most extreme year ever recorded in the Alps, with melt rates shattering everything we had seen before".

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory now believe the answer may be surprisingly simple.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

It was surprisingly heavy, filled with contents that rolled against each other.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

surprisingly

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