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surprisingly
adverb sur·pris·ing·ly \sə(r)-ˈprī-ziŋ-lē\
Definition of SURPRISINGLY
1
: in a surprising manner : to a surprising degree <a surprisingly fast runner>
2
: it is surprising that <surprisingly, voter turnout was high>
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