surprisingly
adverb
sur·pris·ing·ly
sər-ˈprī-ziŋ-lē 
sə-
1
: in a surprising manner : to a surprising degree
a surprisingly fast runner
2
: it is surprising that
surprisingly, voter turnout was high
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Below, find 19 hallowed Hollywood actors who are surprisingly Oscar-free.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2025
The Shanghai Kerry Centre storefront, a former Burberry flagship until 2021, became a dedicated retail pop-up space and a surprisingly impactful billboard site until Loewe relocated from a smaller unit on the same floor.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
Still, patriotic fervor, pluck and innovative tactics made the revolutionary army surprisingly successful.
—Marjoleine Kars, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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surprisingly
adverb
sur·pris·ing·ly
-lē
1
: in a surprising manner : to a surprising degree
a surprisingly fast runner
2
: it is surprising that
surprisingly, no one disagreed
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