surprisingly

1. 1.

   in a surprising manner

   “he was surprisingly friendly”
2. 2.

   in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise

   “amazingly, he finished medical school in three years”

   Synonymsamazinglyastonishingly

Questions about surprisingly

What does surprisingly mean?

surprisingly means "in a surprising manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in surprisingly?

surprisingly has 4 syllables: sur-pri-sin-gly. The stress falls on "pri". In IPA it is /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/.

What is another word for surprisingly?

Close synonyms include amazingly, astonishingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.