← Word libraryWordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
surprisingly
/səˈpraɪzɪŋli/
adverb
in an unexpected way
- “My method is surprisingly simple, but the impact is big.”Tatoeba
- “Expressing yourself seems easy enough, but it's surprisingly tricky.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))