as in unusually
in an unexpected way
The kids were surprisingly well-behaved during the sleepover. The restaurant's food was affordable and surprisingly delicious.
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Yet Dever is a surprisingly marginal presence here, billed as a guest star and deployed sparingly.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Still, their neural complexity didn’t evolve in wildly different directions: Avian and mammalian brains display surprisingly similar circuits, the studies found.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the change-up inspired a slew of misogynistic comments from people who seemed to think that Brown was suddenly dressing older than her age.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
Not surprisingly, Adjusted EBITDA gives a more positive picture of the firm’s business than GAAP net income and economic earnings.
—David Trainer, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Still, their neural complexity didn’t evolve in wildly different directions: Avian and mammalian brains display surprisingly similar circuits, the studies found.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the change-up inspired a slew of misogynistic comments from people who seemed to think that Brown was suddenly dressing older than her age.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
Not surprisingly, Adjusted EBITDA gives a more positive picture of the firm’s business than GAAP net income and economic earnings.
—David Trainer, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Surprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprisingly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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