Surprisingly

//səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli//

Synonyms for "surprisingly" (96 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Adverb(2 words)
amazinglyastonishingly

Strong matches (28)

Adverb(1 words)
frighteningly

Related words (48)

Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived from

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related to

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Translations

93 translations across 52 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • çuditërisht adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Asturian

1 entries
  • sorprendentemente adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • təəccüblə adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ғәжәп adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Breton

1 entries
  • eston adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • изненадващо adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • неочаквано adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sorprenentment adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 居然 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 竟 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 竟然 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 出乎意料地 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 居然 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 竟 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 竟然 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 出乎意料地 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 居然 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 竟 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 竟然 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Cornish

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  • marthys adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Czech

1 entries
  • překvapivě adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Danish

1 entries
  • overraskende adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Dutch

1 entries
  • verrassend adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • surprizante adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • surprize adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Estonian

1 entries
  • üllatavalt adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ihme kyllä adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • ihmeesti adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • ihmeteltävästi adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • yllättävän adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

French

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  • étonnamment adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Galician

1 entries
  • sorprendentemente adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გასაოცრად adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • მოულოდნელად adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

German

3 entries
  • erstaunlicherweise adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • überraschend adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • überraschenderweise adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Greek

1 entries
  • εκπληκτικά adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • meghökkentően adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • meglepően adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Ido

2 entries
  • astonante adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • surprizante adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kejutan adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Irish

1 entries
  • go diail adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Italian

2 entries
  • a sorpresa adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • sorprendentemente adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Japanese

4 entries
  • なんと adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 思いの外 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 意外に adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 驚くほど adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ғаламат adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Korean

2 entries
  • 놀랍게도 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 뜻밖에 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pārsteidzoši adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • stebėtinai adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • за чудо adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • изненадно adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Middle English

1 entries
  • straungely adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forbausende adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • overraskende adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • forbausande adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • overraskande adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Polish

2 entries
  • zadziwiająco adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • zaskakująco adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • surpreendentemente adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Romanian

1 entries
  • surprinzător adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Romansch

1 entries
  • surprendentamain adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Russian

2 entries
  • необыча́йно adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • удиви́тельно adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • zàčudo adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • за̀чудо adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Slovak

2 entries
  • prekvapivo adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • prekvapujúco adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nepričakovano adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • presenetljivo adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Spanish

4 entries
  • asombrosamente adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • fulminantemente adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • insospechadamente adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • sorprendentemente adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Swedish

1 entries
  • överraskande adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pagkakamangha adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Thai

1 entries
  • อย่างแปลกใจ adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Turkish

2 entries
  • şaşırtıcı bir şekilde adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • şaşırtıcı biçimde adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ди́вно adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • навдивови́жу adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • напро́чуд adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • không ngờ adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Wu Chinese

2 entries
  • 先勿先 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)
  • 居然 adv (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Surprisingly enough, he turned out to be a thief.

Source: tatoeba (18916)

Surprisingly, he did his last job in one-third the time it would take me.

Source: tatoeba (18918)

The stock market was surprisingly quiet today.

Source: tatoeba (21202)

Hanako turned out to be a surprisingly nice person.

Source: tatoeba (23722)

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