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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surprising \Sur*pris"ing\, adjective Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. -- {Sur*pris"ing*ly}, adverb -- {Sur*pris"ing*ness}, noun
Syn: Wonderful; extraordinary; unexpected; astonishing; striking.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
surprisingly
adverb
1: in a surprising manner; "he was surprisingly friendly"
2: in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise; "amazingly, he finished medical school in three years" [syn: {amazingly}, {astonishingly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "surprisingly": abruptly, abundantly, acutely, amazingly, amply, astonishingly, astoundingly, awesomely, bang, confoundingly, conspicuously, copiously, dash, eminently, emphatically, exceptionally, exquisitely, extraordinarily, exuberantly, famously, for a wonder, generously, glaringly, hastily, impetuously, impressively, impulsively, incredibly, intensely, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, magically, magnanimously, magnificently, markedly, marvelously, nobly, notably, of a sudden, on short notice, particularly, peculiarly, plop, plump, plunk, pointedly, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, preeminently, profusely, prominently, pronouncedly, remarkably, richly, sharp, shockingly, signally, singularly, slap, smack, splendidly, staggeringly, startlingly, strange to say, strikingly, stunningly, sudden, suddenly, superlatively, surpassingly, unawares, uncommonly, unexpectedly, unusually, without notice, without warning, wonderfully, wondrous, worthily
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