Amazingly vs Surprisingly - What's the difference?
amazingly | surprisingly |
In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.
Difficult to believe; strange but true.
To a wonder-inspiring extent.
In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 23
, author=Angelique Chrisafis
, title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election
, work=the Guardian
As adverbs the difference between amazingly and surprisingly
is that amazingly is in an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully while surprisingly is in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.amazingly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- That violin solo was played amazingly .
- Amazingly , no one was injured in the crash.
- The car has amazingly low fuel consumption.
surprisingly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- The house was surprisingly small for such a numerous family.
- Not surprisingly , the electrician didn't come at the time he had said.
citation, page= , passage=François Hollande has moved a step closer to becoming the first Socialist president of France in a generation by beating the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, in the first round of elections. But the surprisingly high vote for the extreme-right candidate, Marine Le Pen, boosted the overall figures for the right and meant that the final runoff vote on 6 May remains on a knife edge.}}
