unexpectedly

English

Etymology

unexpected +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/

Adverb

unexpectedly (comparative more unexpectedly, superlative most unexpectedly)

1. In an unexpected manner.
   • 1863, George Eliot, chapter XVI, in Romola, volume II, page 186:

     […] she was startled by unexpectedly meeting her husband, who was coming to seek her.

Antonyms

• expectedly

Translations

in an unexpected manner

• Bashkir: көтмәгәндә (kötmägändä), ҡапыл (qapıl), кинәт (kinät)
• Belarusian: ра́птам (ráptam)
• Bulgarian: неочаквано (neočakvano)
• Catalan: inesperadament
• Czech: nečekaně
• Danish: uventet
• Dutch: onverwachts
• Esperanto: neatendite
• Faroese: óvæntað
• Finnish: yllättäen
• French: surprenamment
• Galician: inesperadamente
• German: unerwartet, unerwarteterweise
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍉 (unwēniggō)
• Greek: αναπάντεχος (anapántechos)
• Hungarian: váratlanul
• Italian: inaspettatamente
• Latin: inexspectate
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uventet

  Nynorsk: uventa

• Plautdietsch: onverhofs
• Polish: nieoczekiwanie, niespodziewanie, niespodzianie (literary)
• Portuguese: inesperadamente
• Russian: неожи́данно (neožídanno)
• Sardinian:

  Gallurese Sardinian: allisumbréttu

• Spanish: inesperadamente, inopinadamente
• Swedish: oväntat, oförmodat
• Telugu: అకస్మాత్తుగా (akasmāttugā)
• Westrobothnian: ovänntenes