Unexpectedly the weather forecast came true yesterday.
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Unexpectedly
//ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli//
Synonyms for "unexpectedly" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Adverb(2 words)
Adverb(2 words)
Strong matches (13)
Adverb(2 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (22)
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Antonyms
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 36 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gözlənilmədən adv (in an unexpected manner)
Bashkir
3 entries- кинәт adv (in an unexpected manner)
- көтмәгәндә adv (in an unexpected manner)
- ҡапыл adv (in an unexpected manner)
Belarusian
1 entries- ра́птам adv (in an unexpected manner)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неочаквано adv (in an unexpected manner)
Catalan
1 entries- inesperadament adv (in an unexpected manner)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 居然 adv (in an unexpected manner)
- 竟然 adv (in an unexpected manner)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 出乎意料地 adv (in an unexpected manner)
- 竟然 adv (in an unexpected manner)
Czech
1 entries- nečekaně adv (in an unexpected manner)
Danish
1 entries- uventet adv (in an unexpected manner)
Dutch
1 entries- onverwachts adv (in an unexpected manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- neatendite adv (in an unexpected manner)
Estonian
1 entries- ootamatult adv (in an unexpected manner)
Faroese
1 entries- óvæntað adv (in an unexpected manner)
Finnish
1 entries- yllättäen adv (in an unexpected manner)
French
3 entries- contre toute attente adv (in an unexpected manner)
- de manière inattendue adv (in an unexpected manner)
- surprenamment adv (in an unexpected manner)
Galician
1 entries- inesperadamente adv (in an unexpected manner)
Gallurese
1 entries- allisumbréttu adv (in an unexpected manner)
German
2 entries- unerwartet adv (in an unexpected manner)
- unerwarteterweise adv (in an unexpected manner)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍉 adv (in an unexpected manner)
Greek
2 entries- αναπάντεχα adv (in an unexpected manner)
- απροσδόκητα adv (in an unexpected manner)
Hindi
1 entries- अनायास adv (in an unexpected manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- váratlanul adv (in an unexpected manner)
Irish
1 entries- gan choinne adv (in an unexpected manner)
Italian
1 entries- inaspettatamente adv (in an unexpected manner)
Japanese
2 entries- おもいがけず adv (in an unexpected manner)
- 思いがけなく adv (in an unexpected manner)
Latin
1 entries- inexspectate adv (in an unexpected manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uventet adv (in an unexpected manner)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- uventa adv (in an unexpected manner)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onverhofs adv (in an unexpected manner)
Polish
3 entries- nieoczekiwanie adv (in an unexpected manner)
- niespodzianie adv (in an unexpected manner)
- niespodziewanie adv (in an unexpected manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- inesperadamente adv (in an unexpected manner)
Russian
1 entries- неожи́данно adv (in an unexpected manner)
Spanish
2 entries- inesperadamente adv (in an unexpected manner)
- inopinadamente adv (in an unexpected manner)
Swedish
2 entries- oförmodat adv (in an unexpected manner)
- oväntat adv (in an unexpected manner)
Telugu
1 entries- అకస్మాత్తుగా adv (in an unexpected manner)
Ukrainian
2 entries- знена́цька adv (in an unexpected manner)
- несподі́вано adv (in an unexpected manner)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Mrs. Young wouldn't mind my dropping in on her unexpectedly.
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Mrs. Young didn't mind my dropping in on her unexpectedly.
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When the door slammed unexpectedly, it startled me.
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