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# unexpectedly

adverb (unexpectedly)

«unexpectedly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Unexpectedly means in a way that nobody expected or planned; as a surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories it signals a twist: «Unexpectedly, the door opened.» In everyday life: visitors arrive unexpectedly, weather changes unexpectedly. In science, a result can turn out unexpectedly, which leads to new questions. Phrases: «quite unexpectedly», «not unexpectedly» (which means «as expected»).

### Examples

- Unexpectedly, it started to snow in April. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/#x1)
- Grandad arrived unexpectedly with presents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/#x2)
- The shy boy unexpectedly won the singing contest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/#x3)
- The experiment ended unexpectedly when the beaker cracked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/#x4)
- The bus stopped unexpectedly in the middle of the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/#x5)
- Not unexpectedly, the team that trained hardest won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/#x6)
- One day the pair unexpectedly met a Lion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/#x7)

### Note

From «unexpected» + «-ly». «Not unexpectedly» is a double negative and means «as we expected». Often at the start of a sentence followed by a comma.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unexpectedly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unexpectedly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unexpectedly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unexpectedly.html) on Mova free.