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surˈprisingly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a surprising manner or degree.
†1. By, or in the way of, surprise; unexpectedly.
1667Waterhouse Narr. Fire Lond. 167 Generosity abhors to take an advantage poorly and surprisingly against any man. 1730Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 444 There broke such a violent Clap of Thunder,..that she and three of her Children were very surprizingly struck down. 1742H. Baker Microsc. ii. vii. 108 Changes are produced in Fluids surprizingly and suddenly.
2. So as to cause surprise; astonishingly, wonderfully; † admirably.
1661Boyle Style of Script. (1675) 169 Maimed and abrupt sentences, words surprisingly misplaced. 1681J. Flavel Meth. Grace xix. 343 How surprizingly glorious the sight of Jesus Christ will be to them. 1743Emerson Fluxions 285 The Forces exerted on these small Bodies must be surprizingly great. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour, Italy III. 52 The church of St. Mark is..surprizingly enriched with marble and mosaic work. 1825Cobbett Rur. Rides 62 That wood breeds maggots surprisingly. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt ii, Surprisingly little altered by the fifteen years.
So surˈprisingness, surprising character, unexpectedness.
1686J. Scott Chr. Life I. ii. iii. 100 The life of Wit consists in the Surprisingness of its Conceits and Expressions. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible viii. (1740) 509 The surprizingness of this discovery. 1962N. Streatfeild Apple Bough vi. 83 What never wore off was the surprisingness of Grandfather. |