unexpectedly

English

Etymology

unexpected +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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(US) IPA^(key): /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/

Adverb

unexpectedly (comparative more unexpectedly, superlative most unexpectedly)

In an unexpected manner.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter XVI, page 186
  […] she was startled by unexpectedly meeting her husband, who was coming to seek her.

Antonyms

expectedly

Translations

in an unexpected manner

Bashkir: көтмәгәндә (kötmägändä), ҡапыл (qapïl), кинәт (kinät)
Belarusian: ра́птам (ráptam)
Catalan: inesperadament
Danish: uventet
Dutch: onverwachts (nl)
Esperanto: neatendite
Finnish: yllättäen (fi)
French: surprenamment (fr)
Galician: inesperadamente
German: unerwartet (de)
Hungarian: váratlanul (hu)
Italian: inaspettatamente (it)
Latin: inexspectate

Norwegian:
Bokmål: uventet

Nynorsk: uventa
Polish: nieoczekiwanie (pl)
Portuguese: inesperadamente (pt)
Russian: неожи́данно (ru) (neožídanno)
Sardinian:
Gallurese Sardinian: allisumbréttu
Spanish: inesperadamente (es), inopinadamente (es)
Swedish: oväntat (sv), oförmodat
Telugu: అకస్మాత్తుగా (te) (akasmāttugā)
Westrobothnian: ovänntenes

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