unsupposedadj.
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
c1425 St. Christina xxiv, in Anglia VIII. 128/34 Sodeynly and vnsupposid alle hir body was taken of spirite, & turnyd in to a whirlynge about.
2. Not supposed or imagined.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > surprising, unexpected
unbeweena1325
sudden1340
unhopedc1374
unwarec1374
unweenedc1374
unguessedc1400
unlooked for1531
untraisted1533
extonious1548
unlooked1548
unthought1548
unwares1548
unaspected1578
inexpecteda1586
unexpecteda1586
unwary1590
unwaited1592
unmistrusted1595
inopinate1598
unforethought1601
nap-taking1602
startling1609
expectless1613
unexpect1633
admirable1639
immergent1655
unpresumed1686
abrupt1725
unguessed1746
unanticipateda1779
unpredicted1792
unprecipitated1795
unsurmised1820
unsupposed1821
inopine1880
windfall1945
over-the-transom1952
left field1955
conversation-stopping1960
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unsupposed, not supposed.]
1821 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. II. 38 If that judgment were given avowedly, on the mere unbelieved possibility, on an unsupposed supposition of the worst.
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