[
US
/ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdɫi/
]
[ UK /ˌʌnɛkspˈɛktɪdli/ ]
[ UK /ˌʌnɛkspˈɛktɪdli/ ]
ADVERB
-
without advance planning
they met accidentally -
in a way that was not expected
her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue
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.