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# surprisingly

«surprisingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **surprising or not expected** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that is surprising or not expected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#m1)

2) Used to say that a fact is not what people would expect: «surprisingly, it was free». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and reports it signals a twist: «surprisingly, the smallest dog won». In science it marks a result that went against the prediction. In everyday life: «it was surprisingly easy». In maths it may warn that the answer is not what it seems. Phrases: «surprisingly well», «surprisingly easy», «not surprisingly», «surprisingly enough».

### examples

- The test was surprisingly easy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#x1)
- Surprisingly, the tortoise won the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#x2)
- The little girl was surprisingly strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#x3)
- Not surprisingly, everyone was tired after the long trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#x4)
- The heavy box floated surprisingly well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#x5)
- Surprisingly, the cheaper toy lasted longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#x6)
- The water was surprisingly warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/#x7)

### note

Spelling: «sur-prise» with an «r» after «u» (not «suprisingly»). «Not surprisingly» means the opposite: «as expected». It often comes at the start of a sentence followed by a comma.

### In the corpora

- [And when Jake's own friends start calling Sam names, Jake, surprisingly, tells them to stop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/370-standing-by-a-friend/14/)
- [Many rainforest soils are surprisingly poor, because heavy rain washes nutrients out and most nutrients are stored in the plants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/56-soil/14/)
- [Its soil is surprisingly poor, because fallen leaves rot fast and the plants take the nutrients back at once.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surprisingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surprisingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.