Meaning & use
unsurprisingly
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In a way that is expected or not surprising.
See it in a sentence
Unsurprisingly, the team lost after losing its star player to injury.
Ticket prices rose, and unsurprisingly, attendance dropped.
A note on using this word
Unsurprisingly is often used as a sentence adverb at the start of a clause to frame the outcome that follows as predictable.
Words with a similar meaning
predictablyexpectedly
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Words with an opposite meaning
surprisinglyunexpectedly
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