# expectedly

**Pronunciation:** /ɪkˈspɛktɪdli/ · ik-SPEK-tid-lee

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

In a way that was anticipated or considered likely to happen.

## Examples

- Expectedly, the sun rose in the east this morning, just as it does every day.
- After weeks of practice, the team, expectedly, won the championship game.
- The heavy rain caused traffic delays, which, expectedly, frustrated many commuters.

## Synonyms

- predictably — suggests an outcome that could have been foreseen based on patterns or logic.
- foreseeably — implies that something was capable of being known in advance.
- unsurprisingly — emphasizes the lack of surprise due to the obviousness of the outcome.
- naturally — suggests an outcome that follows a normal course of events or common sense.

## Antonyms

- unexpectedly — happening in a way that was not anticipated.
- surprisingly — causing surprise because it was not expected.

## Common patterns

- Expectedly, [clause] — Used at the beginning of a sentence to comment on the whole situation. — Expectedly, the price of oil increased.
- [subject] + be + , expectedly, + [adjective] — Used mid-sentence to add emphasis to the fact that the outcome was anticipated. — The results were, expectedly, very positive.

## Collocations

- as expectedly — The project was completed as expectedly as we had planned.
- quite expectedly — The news was received quite expectedly by the board members.

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