unsurprisingly

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unsurprisingly

  • /ən.sɚˈpɹaɪ.zɪŋ.li/ US
  • /ən.səˈpɹaɪ.zɪŋ.li/ US

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From unsurprising + -ly or un- + surprisingly.

adverb more unsurprisingly · most unsurprisingly

  1. Not surprisingly, as could be expected. Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, s

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Closest in meaning: predictably, naturally, obviously, inevitably, surprisingly, unstartlingly, unsuspectedly, unexpectantly, unexpectingly, unanticipatingly, unanticipatedly, unawares, unfreakishly, unwontedly, unsadly, unsuspectably

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"unsurprisingly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unsurprisingly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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unsurprisingly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unsurprisingly

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"unsurprisingly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unsurprisingly.

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@misc{unsurprisingly_2026,
  title = {unsurprisingly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unsurprisingly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}