surprising

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Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe was sold on the assurance that his “Life and strange surprizing adventures” were “written by himself” and therefore authentic.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2020

The story is—— Mar. Nay, for a Story, Madam, you must give me leave to say, there's none like mine; The turns are so surprizing, the Love so passionate, the Lines so strong.

From The Female Wits by Anonymous

"Madam, is that surprizing, when Miss Morton inclines so much to scarlet?"

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

To one who is acquainted with the working and accidents of the human brain, it will not be surprizing that an asylum for hermits who had become hopelessly insane was instituted at Jerusalem.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

Yes, yes, it is indeed surprizing to me, myself, but patrons of the fine arts have come hither from Holland and from England, who wanted a real zaun-k�nig and nothing better.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul