unsurprisingly
adv. sent. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˌənsɝˈpɹaɪzɪŋɫi// UK //ʌnsəpɹˈaɪzɪŋli// un·sur·pris·ing·ly
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.
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.
Usage
Sentence adverb — typically placed at the beginning of a sentence followed by a comma to modify the entire clause.