# unsurprisingly

**Pronunciation:** /ˌʌnsərˈpraɪzɪŋli/ · un-sur-PRY-zing-lee

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

In a way that is not surprising; as expected.

## Examples

- Unsurprisingly, the team with the best record won the championship.
- After working all night, she was, unsurprisingly, very tired the next morning.
- The new policy, unsurprisingly, faced strong opposition from those it negatively affected.

## Synonyms

- predictably — Suggests something was easy to foresee based on past patterns.
- expectedly — A more formal synonym, simply stating something happened as anticipated.
- foreseeably — Implies that the outcome was evident or could have been known in advance.

## Antonyms

- surprisingly — In a way that causes surprise; unexpectedly.
- unexpectedly — In a way that was not expected or foreseen.

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