Search Result for "out_of_the_blue":
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not anticipated;
- Example: "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden
- Example: "unforeseen circumstances"
- Example: "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"
- Example: "like a bolt out of the blue"
[syn: unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)]


ADVERB (1)

1. in a way that was not expected;
- Example: "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue"
[syn: unexpectedly, out of the blue]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

out of the blue
    adv 1: in a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at
           the wedding out of the blue" [syn: unexpectedly, out
           of the blue]
    adj 1: not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines
           of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances";
           "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy";
           "like a bolt out of the blue" [syn: unanticipated,
           unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)]