unexpectedly
AdverbUS[uhn-ik-spek-tid-lee]/ˌʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/5 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adverb (2)
- in a way that was not expected“her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue”Synonyms: out of the blue
- without advance planning“they met accidentally”Synonyms: by chanceaccidentallycircumstantiallyFrom unexpected
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Translations
Adverb in an unexpected manner
- Spanish
- inesperadamente
- French
- inopinément
- German
- unerwartet
- Italian
- inaspettatamente
- Portuguese
- inesperadamente
- Turkish
- ansızın
- Russian
- неожи́данно neožídanno
- Chinese
- 竟然 jìngrán
- Japanese
- 案外 angai
- Dutch
- onverwachts
13 more languages
- Polish
- nieoczekiwanie
- Swedish
- oväntat
- Greek
- αναπάντεχα anapántecha
- Korean
- 뜻밖에 tteutbakke
- Hungarian
- váratlanul
- Portuguese (PT)
- inesperadamente
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 竟然 jìngrán
- Catalan
- inesperadament
- Czech
- nečekaně
- Esperanto
- neatendite
- Estonian
- ootamatult
- Finnish
- yllättäen
- Norwegian
- uventa
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“unexpectedly” is listed under Unexpected.
Un′ex·pect′ed adjective
Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. — Un′wb-a2′>′ex·pect′wb-a1′>′ed·ly, adverb — Un′wb-a2′>′ex·pect′wb-a1′>′ed·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54