Refine this word faster
Surprisingly
"Surprisingly" in a Sentence (15 examples)
Surprisingly enough, he turned out to be a thief.
Surprisingly, he did his last job in one-third the time it would take me.
The stock market was surprisingly quiet today.
Hanako turned out to be a surprisingly nice person.
Surprisingly, he is the type that worries about being in the public eye.
This book is surprisingly easy to read, isn't it?
Surprisingly, he swims even on cold days.
When you're at work, if you have a lot of workmates, it's surprisingly difficult to build a consensus.
What he said there was surprisingly difficult.
The key is that Asuka abuses Shinji. So, rarely, Shinji flips and assaults Asuka. Then Asuka is surprisingly meek.
Show 5 more sentences
Near-synonyms: unexpectedly, unusually
The house was surprisingly small for such a numerous family.
Not surprisingly, the electrician didn't come at the time he had said.
Chema'd, surprisingly, paid for everything.
François Hollande has moved a step closer to becoming the first Socialist president of France in a generation by beating the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, in the first round of elections. But the surprisingly high vote for the extreme-right candidate, Marine Le Pen, boosted the overall figures for the right and meant that the final runoff vote on 6 May remains on a knife edge.
See also for "surprisingly"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: surprisingly