Word
unsurprisingly
Phoneticsun·sur·pris·ing·ly
US/ˌənsɝˈpɹaɪzɪŋɫi/
UK/ʌnsəpɹˈaɪzɪŋli/
Definition
adv. in a way that is not a surprise because you expected it to happen. You use it to show that a result is exactly what you thought it would be.
adv. in a manner that is predictable or expected. Functions as a disjunct to indicate the speaker's lack of surprise regarding the following statement.
Examples
“Unsurprisingly, the team won the game easily.”
“The restaurant was empty on a Tuesday night, which was unsurprisingly given the poor reviews it had received lately.”
“Unsurprisingly, the sudden increase in interest rates led to a cooling of the housing market as potential buyers found themselves unable to secure affordable mortgages.”
Examples
simple
“Unsurprisingly, the team won the game easily.”
contextual
“The restaurant was empty on a Tuesday night, which was unsurprisingly given the poor reviews it had received lately.”
complex
“Unsurprisingly, the sudden increase in interest rates led to a cooling of the housing market as potential buyers found themselves unable to secure affordable mortgages.”
Usage
Sentence adverb — typically placed at the beginning of a sentence followed by a comma to modify the entire clause.
Real-World Examples
Common in sport writing
“Unsurprisingly, she did very little work during this period.” “Unsurprisingly, it figures heavily into how effective a satellite-based data center can be, especially when those satellites are separated by dozens or hundreds of meters (or kilometers!) while working together on distributed workloads.” Scan code
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