Surprisingly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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},
           {astonishingly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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