unexpectedly


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Related to unexpectedly: doggedly, blithely, repeatedly, woefully
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Synonyms for unexpectedly

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for unexpectedly

in a way that was not expected

without advance planning

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This lady had somewhat unexpectedly brought him three sons, so that between Angel, the youngest, and his father the Vicar there seemed to be almost a missing generation.
Unexpectedly he began to like the outdoor life for its own sake, and for what it brought, apart from its bearing on his own proposed career.
He was wondering how he could find out what he wanted to know, when Mary's mother unexpectedly gave him just the information he was after.
Rebecca had never thought of alluding to the circumstances with her previous customers, but unexpectedly she found herself describing Mr.
The old prince did not evince the least interest during this explanation, but as if he were not listening to it continued to dress while walking about, and three times unexpectedly interrupted.
Wilcox, unexpectedly catching on to the thought, and rousing, for the first and last time, a faint hope in the breasts of the delightful people.
'You never cried Widdy Warning before you begun to-night,' says Durdles, unexpectedly reminded of, or imagining, an injury.
'Own brother, sir,' observes Durdles, turning himself about again, and as unexpectedly forgetting his offence as he had recalled or conceived it; 'own brother to Peter the Wild Boy!
"You always say, `Now be quick; now look sharp!' and when I go to the houses one wants a leg of mutton for an early dinner and I must be back with it in a quarter of an hour; another cook has forgotten to order the beef; I must go and fetch it and be back in no time, or the mistress will scold; and the housekeeper says they have company coming unexpectedly and must have some chops sent up directly; and the lady at No.
And now, thus unexpectedly, I found myself joining the nefarious conspiracy.
They appeared unexpectedly at a meeting Jasinski had secretly arranged with AGMA and wasted no time refuting allegations that the company was in dire financial straits and that the search committee had been dismantled due to a lack of qualified applicants.
This method of avoiding heavy litigation costs has become a favored avenue to dispute resolution over the past several years -- unexpectedly with lawyers being its greatest advocates.
of his most upbeat career periods now, with his recent hit screen comeback, 'Unexpectedly Yours'; his current rom-com with Jodi Sta.
The president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Alexandre Tombini, said that the unexpectedly high inflation in January was worrisome in the short term.