"unexpectedly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/ [US] Audio: en-us-unexpectedly.ogg [US] Forms: more unexpectedly [comparative], most unexpectedly [superlative]
Etymology: unexpected + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unexpected|ly}} unexpected + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} unexpectedly (comparative more unexpectedly, superlative most unexpectedly)
  1. In an unexpected manner. Translations (in an unexpected manner): көтмәгәндә (kötməgəndə) (Bashkir), ҡапыл (qapıl) (Bashkir), кинәт (kinət) (Bashkir), ра́птам (ráptam) (Belarusian), неочаквано (neočakvano) (Bulgarian), inesperadament (Catalan), 竟然 (ging² jin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 居然 (alt: geoi¹ jin⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 竟然 (jìngrán) (Chinese Mandarin), 出乎意料地 (chūhūyìliàode) (Chinese Mandarin), nečekaně (Czech), uventet (Danish), onverwachts (Dutch), neatendite (Esperanto), óvæntað (Faroese), yllättäen (Finnish), contre toute attente (French), de manière inattendue (French), surprenamment [rare] (French), inesperadamente (Galician), unerwartet (German), unerwarteterweise (German), 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍉 (unwēniggō) (Gothic), αναπάντεχος (anapántechos) (Greek), váratlanul (Hungarian), inaspettatamente (Italian), 思いがけなく (omoigakenaku) (Japanese), おもいがけず (omoigakezu) (Japanese), inexspectate (Latin), uventet (Norwegian Bokmål), uventa (Norwegian Nynorsk), onverhofs (Plautdietsch), nieoczekiwanie (Polish), niespodziewanie (Polish), niespodzianie [literary] (Polish), inesperadamente (Portuguese), неожи́данно (neožídanno) (Russian), allisumbréttu (Sardinian), inesperadamente (Spanish), inopinadamente (Spanish), oväntat (Swedish), oförmodat (Swedish), అకస్మాత్తుగా (akasmāttugā) (Telugu)

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      "sense": "in an unexpected manner",
      "word": "出乎意料地"
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      "sense": "in an unexpected manner",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in an unexpected manner",
      "word": "oväntat"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in an unexpected manner",
      "word": "oförmodat"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "akasmāttugā",
      "sense": "in an unexpected manner",
      "word": "అకస్మాత్తుగా"
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