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surprising
adjective as in unexpected
Strongest matches
amazing, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, shocking, startling, stunning, sudden, unanticipated, unforeseen, unpredictable, wonderful
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Weak matches
accidental, fortuitous, from left field, impulsive, out of the blue, unpredicted, without warning
Example Sentences
"So, it was surprising how big the improvement was."
The outcome was the latest indication of a rightward shift in the reliably blue state, which saw a number of surprising results from the Nov. 5 election.
"I think it's encouraging and a bit surprising that we were able to get such good performance in this compression scheme," said Goldsmith, who moved to Princeton from Stanford Engineering in 2020.
"It was quite striking and surprising and upsetting for most people there."
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have discovered the surprising answer.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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