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English
Etymology
unsurprising + -ly
Adverb
unsurprisingly (comparative more unsurprisingly, superlative most unsurprisingly)
- Not surprisingly, as could be expected.
2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years.
2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-time chairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially became the BTC chairman in June 1961.
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