surprisinglyadv.
/səˈprʌɪzɪŋli/, U.S. /sə(r)ˈpraɪzɪŋli/ In a surprising manner or degree.† 1. By, or in the way of, surprise; unexpectedly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb]
unmindlingOE
unsupposedc1425
unweeninglyc1480
ex improviso1521
unprovidedly1539
unexpectedly1605
unhopedly1611
unimagined1614
inexpectedly1626
startlinglya1645
surprisingly1667
unhoped1667
astonishingly1668
staggeringlya1682
shockingly1741
outrageously1749
funnily1837
shockingly1883
amazingly1928
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 167 Generosity abhors to take an advantage poorly and surprisingly against any man.
1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 444 There broke such a violent Clap of Thunder,..that she and three of her Children were very surprizingly struck down.
1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. vii. 108 Changes are produced in Fluids surprizingly and suddenly.
2. So as to cause surprise; astonishingly, wonderfully; †admirably.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb]
wonderlyc897
sellya1000
wonderc1175
wonderfullya1300
marvellouslya1382
marvellousa1400
marvelly?a1400
wonderful14..
wonderslyc1489
to marvelc1500
wondersc1528
wondrously1535
prodigiously1541
wondrous1557
admirably1570
admiredly1598
to a miracle?1614
marls1615
amazingly1650
miridically1652
mirificously1657
surprisingly1661
to wonder1661
astonishingly1668
prodigious1694
strikingly1752
amazing1760
à merveille1762
astoundingly1826
mirifically1873
breathtakingly1887
eye-poppingly1959
mind-bogglingly1973
staggeringly1976
mind-blowingly1977
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > remarkably or extraordinarily
outnumenlyc1175
outnumenc1225
disguisilyc1325
notablya1398
speciallya1398
oddc1400
oddlyc1400
singularlyc1430
strangelya1450
notable1481
outragec1540
out-takingly1549
supernaturally1578
rarely1581
extraordinarily1593
signally1598
unvulgarly1602
unexpectedly1605
essentially?1606
remarkably1615
unusually1615
particularly1616
eminently1632
extraordinary1632
markablya1634
considerably1646
surprisingly1661
out-of-the-way1718
unco1724
conspicuouslya1732
heroically1735
uncommonly1751
strikingly1752
uncommon1784
pronouncedly1785
markedly1811
awesomea1835
noticeably1845
rousing1847
exceptionally1848
outstandingly1851
prominently1885
accentedly1904
hella1987
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]
fairlyOE
goodlyc1275
finec1330
properlyc1390
daintily?a1400
thrivinglya1400
goodlily?1457
excellent1483
excellently1527
excellently1529
curiously1548
jollilyc1563
admirably1570
beautifully1570
singularly1576
bravelyc1600
famouslya1616
manlya1616
primely1622
prime1648
eximiously1650
topping1683
egregiously1693
purely1695
trimmingly1719
toppinglya1739
surprisingly1749
capitally1750
brawly1796
jellily18..
stammingly1814
divinely1822
stunningly1823
rippingly1828
jam up1835
out of sight1835
first-rately1843
first rate1844
like a charm1845
stunning1851
marvellously1859
magnificently1868
first class1871
splendidly1883
sterlingly1883
tip-top1888
like one o'clock1901
deevily1905
goodo1907
dandy1908
bonzer1914
great1916
juicily1916
corkingly1917
champion1925
unbeatably1928
snodger1946
beaut1953
smashingly1956
groovily1970
awesome1984
1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 169 Maimed and abrupt sentences, words surprisingly misplaced.
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xix. 343 How surprizingly glorious the sight of Jesus Christ will be to them.
1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 285 The Forces exerted on these small Bodies must be surprizingly great.
1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour III. 74 The church of St. Mark is..surprizingly enriched with marble and mosaic work.
1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 12 Jan. 119 That wood breeds maggots..surprisingly.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 62 Surprisingly little altered by the fifteen years.
Derivatives
surˈprisingness n. surprising character, unexpectedness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun]
unlookedfornessa1586
unexpectation1611
unexpectedness1615
inexpectation?1623
inexpectedness1626
inexpectancy1643
suddenness1685
surprisingness1685
startlingness1846
1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. ii. 130 The life of Wit consists in the surprisingness of its Conceits and Expressions.
1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 509 The Surprizingness of this Discovery.
1962 N. Streatfeild Apple Bough vi. 83 What never wore off was the surprisingness of Grandfather.
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