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 →

2) Used to say that a fact is not what people would expect: «surprisingly, it was free». tree →

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 →
• Surprisingly, the tortoise won the race. tree →
• The little girl was surprisingly strong. tree →
• Not surprisingly, everyone was tired after the long trip. tree →
• The heavy box floated surprisingly well. tree →
• Surprisingly, the cheaper toy lasted longer. tree →
• The water was surprisingly warm. tree →

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.
• Many rainforest soils are surprisingly poor, because heavy rain washes nutrients out and most nutrients are stored in the plants.
• Its soil is surprisingly poor, because fallen leaves rot fast and the plants take the nutrients back at once.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «surprisingly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.