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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In fact, the major averages are set to close out the month with surprisingly strong gains, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 4%, and the S & P 500 and Nasdaq up more than 3%.
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The Sharks needed a response after a surprisingly slow start against the Predators, who, on Tuesday, erased a 5-1 San Jose lead and earned a 7-5 win.
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Eligibility for these programs can be surprisingly broad, sometimes including people whose incomes put them several times above the federal poverty level.
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The Late Neandertals showed surprisingly little change over 80,000 years.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
The Sharks needed a response after a surprisingly slow start against the Predators, who, on Tuesday, erased a 5-1 San Jose lead and earned a 7-5 win.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Eligibility for these programs can be surprisingly broad, sometimes including people whose incomes put them several times above the federal poverty level.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
The Late Neandertals showed surprisingly little change over 80,000 years.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 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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