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[syn: amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Surprising \Sur*pris"ing\, a.
Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite
wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising
escape from danger. -- Sur*pris"ing*ly, adv. --
Sur*pris"ing*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Wonderful; extraordinary; unexpected; astonishing;
striking.
[1913 Webster] Surquedous
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
surprisingly
adv 1: in a surprising manner; "he was surprisingly friendly"
2: in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise; "amazingly, he
finished medical school in three years" [syn: amazingly,
surprisingly, astonishingly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "surprisingly":
abruptly, abundantly, acutely, amazingly, amply, astonishingly,
astoundingly, awesomely, bang, confoundingly, conspicuously,
copiously, dash, eminently, emphatically, exceptionally,
exquisitely, extraordinarily, exuberantly, famously, for a wonder,
generously, glaringly, hastily, impetuously, impressively,
impulsively, incredibly, intensely, like a flash,
like a thunderbolt, magically, magnanimously, magnificently,
markedly, marvelously, nobly, notably, of a sudden,
on short notice, particularly, peculiarly, plop, plump, plunk,
pointedly, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously,
preeminently, profusely, prominently, pronouncedly, remarkably,
richly, sharp, shockingly, signally, singularly, slap, smack,
splendidly, staggeringly, startlingly, strange to say, strikingly,
stunningly, sudden, suddenly, superlatively, surpassingly,
unawares, uncommonly, unexpectedly, unusually, without notice,
without warning, wonderfully, wondrous, worthily