surprisingly
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zɪŋ, sə-
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surprising (səˈpraɪzɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| causing surprise; unexpected or amazing | |
| sur'prisingly | |
| —adv | |
| sur'prisingness | |
| —n | |
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Surprisingly
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| surprising (səˈpraɪzɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| causing surprise; unexpected or amazing | |
| sur'prisingly | |
| —adv | |
| sur'prisingness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
surprise
mid-15c., "unexpected attack or capture," from M.Fr. surprise "a taking unawares," from noun use of pp. of O.Fr. surprendre "to overtake," from sur- "over" + prendre "to take," from L. prendere, contracted from prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile). Meaning "something
unexpected" first recorded 1590s, that of "feeling caused by something unexpected" is c.1600. Meaning "fancy dish" is attested from 1708.
"A Surprize is ... a dish ... which promising little from its first appearance, when open abounds with all sorts of variety." [W. King, "Cookery," 1708]The verb is from late 15c. Surprise party originally was a military detachment (1841); festive sense is attested from 1858. Related: Surprising; surprisingly.
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Example sentences
Yet many pilot projects run so far have shown that junior staff can often be surprisingly good forecasters.
All have or have had followings within the party, whose core of committed voters is surprisingly small.
The plot is surprisingly complicated and no drugs are involved.
Not surprisingly, people in richer countries live longer than do people in poor countries.
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