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surprisingly

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sur·prise  (sr-prz)
tr.v. sur·prised, sur·pris·ing, sur·pris·es
1. To encounter suddenly or unexpectedly; take or catch unawares.
2. To attack or capture suddenly and without warning.
3. To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated.
4.
a. To cause (someone) to do or say something unintended.
b. To elicit or detect through surprise.
n.
1. The act of surprising or the condition of being surprised.
2. Something, such as an unexpected encounter, event, or gift, that surprises.

[Middle English surprisen, to overcome, from Old French surprise, feminine past participle of surprendre, to surprise : sur-, sur- + prendre, to take (from Latin prehendere, prndere, to seize; see ghend- in Indo-European roots).]

sur·priser n.
sur·prising·ly adv.
Synonyms: surprise, astonish, amaze, astound, dumbfound, flabbergast
These verbs mean to affect a person strongly as being unexpected or unusual. To surprise is to fill with often sudden wonder or disbelief as being unanticipated or out of the ordinary: "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity" (George S. Patton).
Astonish suggests overwhelming surprise: The sight of such an enormous crowd astonished us.
Amaze implies astonishment and often bewilderment: The violinist's virtuosity has amazed audiences all over the world.
Astound connotes shock, as from something unprecedented in one's experience: We were astounded at the beauty of the mountains.
Dumbfound adds to astound the suggestion of perplexity and often speechlessness: His question dumbfounded me, and I could not respond.
Flabbergast is used as a more colorful equivalent of astound, astonish, or amaze: "The aldermen ... were ... flabbergasted; they were speechless from bewilderment" (Benjamin Disraeli).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.surprisingly - in a surprising manner; "he was surprisingly friendly"
2.surprisingly - in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise; "amazingly, he finished medical school in three years"
Translations
surprisingly [səˈpraɪzɪŋlɪ] ADV [good, large, easy] → sorprendentemente
surprisingly, it's been a great successlo sorprendente es que ha sido todo un éxito
surprisingly enough this is her first filmesta es su primera película, lo cual es bastante sorprendente
surprisingly few people are interestedlo sorprendente es que muy poca gente está interesada, muy poca gente está interesada, lo cual es sorprendente
surprisingly little information is availablees sorprendente la poca información que existe
not surprisingly he didn't comecomo era de esperar, no vino
the referee, rather surprisingly, awarded a penaltyel árbitro, para sorpresa de todos, señaló penalty
they are coping surprisingly welles sorprendente lo bien que se las están arreglandose las están arreglando sorprendentemente bien

surprisingly [sərˈpraɪzɪŋli] adv
[easy, helpful, cheap] → étonnamment
It was surprisingly cheap → C'était étonnamment bon marché.
(as sentence adverb)curieusement
Surprisingly, he agreed → Curieusement, il a accepté.

surprisingly
adv big, successfulüberraschend; surprisingly (enough), he was righter hatte erstaunlicherweise recht; and then surprisingly he leftund dann ist er überraschenderweise or zu unserer/ihrer etc Überraschung gegangen; not surprisingly it didn’t workwie zu erwarten (war), hat es nicht geklappt

surprisingly [səˈpraɪzɪŋlɪ] adv (good, bad) → sorprendentemente
(somewhat) surprisingly, he agreed → cosa (alquanto) sorprendente, ha accettato
not surprisingly he refused → come c'era da aspettarsi ha rifiutato
surprisingly [səˈpraɪzɪŋlɪ] adv (good, bad) → sorprendentemente
(somewhat) surprisingly, he agreed → cosa (alquanto) sorprendente, ha accettato
not surprisingly he refused → come c'era da aspettarsi ha rifiutato

surprisingly على نحو مفاجئ překvapivě overraskende überraschenderweise απρόσμενα sorprendentemente yllättäen étonnamment iznenađujuće sorprendentemente 驚くほど 놀랍게도 verrassend overraskende zaskakująco surpreendentemente удивительно förvånande อย่างประหลาดใจ şaşırtıcı bir şekilde thật ngạc nhiên 令人惊讶地


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If they noticed anything remarkable about Pierre, it was only his unabashed, meditative concentration and thoughtfulness, and the way he spoke French, which struck them as surprisingly good.
Pullet found her task of mediation the next day surprisingly easy.
She resisted it therefore with her utmost force, and summoned every argument her reason (which was surprisingly strong for her age) could suggest, to subdue and expel it.
 
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