Meaning | Causing surprise or wonder or amazement. |
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Examples | - "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"
- "leaped up with surprising agility"
- "she earned a surprising amount of money"
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Narrower | amazing, astonishing | surprising greatly |
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startling | So remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm |
stunning | Causing great astonishment and consternation |
See also | unexpected | not expected or anticipated |
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Opposite | unsurprising | not causing surprise |
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Spanish | chocante, sorprendente, sorpresivo |
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Catalan | sorprenent, xocant |
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Nouns | surprisingness | extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected |
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Adverbs | surprisingly | in a surprising manner |
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surprisingly | in an amazing manner |