unexpectedly
/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli
/adverb
In a way that was not expected or regarded as likely: he died unexpectedly of a heart attack [as submodifier]: tourist chiefs reported unexpectedly high visitor numbers...
- Far from a smutty provocation, the painting is unexpectedly lyrical.
- An arrangement of tiered brick platforms makes for an unexpectedly formal transition between each room.
- They have been unexpectedly successful in mobilizing large numbers of professionals dealing with modern conservation.
- quarter block
- quarter-bloke
- quarter-blood
- quarter-board
- quarter boat
- quarter-book
- quarter boot
- quarter-bound
- quarter-boy
- quarter-bred
- quarter-breed
- quarter butt
- quarter calf
- quarter-cask
- quarter-caste
- quarter-chord
- quarter circle
- quarter-circular
- quarter cleft
- quarter clift
- quarter clock
- quarter cloth
- quarter column
- quarter-crack
- quarter cut