unexpectedly

[ US /ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdɫi/ ]
[ UK /ˌʌnɛkspˈɛktɪdli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. without advance planning
    they met accidentally
  2. in a way that was not expected
    her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue
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How To Use unexpectedly In A Sentence

  • I barken back to the rogue Taken Howler, the dead unexpectedly alive and inimical. Shadow Games
  • These build and swell into clouds, suddenly breaking apart and dispersing unexpectedly.
  • I thought we were never going to reach it; and then, almost unexpectedly, we suddenly came upon it - a small but ancient village, rising up on a slight eminence, but concealed from view by big clumps of tall-growing reeds.
  • That unexpectedly collapses it into a black hole, a supermassive region with a gravitational pull so strong not even light can escape.
  • That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts.
  • Better prepared and more aggressive, he unexpectedly outmanoeuvred the prime minister.
  • It would partly explain why employment has been unexpectedly strong and productivity apparently so weak, and would augur well for future jobs growth. Times, Sunday Times
  • Graceful re-establishment of session without losing data after connection is unexpectedly lost.
  • The terrorists were killed when their bomb detonated unexpectedly.
  • When Kevin returns home unexpectedly the calm of rural life is thrown into disarray.
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