Unexpectedly

2 definitions found

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

  Unexpected \Un`ex*pect"ed\, a.
     Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. --
     {Un`ex*pect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un`ex*pect"ed*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  unexpectedly
       adv 1: in a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at
              the wedding out of the blue" [syn: {out of the blue}]
       2: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: {by
          chance}, {accidentally}, {circumstantially}] [ant: {intentionally}]