Uncommonly vs Surprisingly - What's the difference?
uncommonly | surprisingly | Related terms |
To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.
* 2012 , Jeannie Lin, My Fair Concubine (page 12)
Not often; on rare occasions.
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
Uncommonly is a related term of surprisingly.
As adverbs the difference between uncommonly and surprisingly
is that uncommonly is to an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely while surprisingly is in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.uncommonly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- For a gentleman, he was uncommonly rude, but she supposed wearing silk and jade gave him that privilege.
- Not uncommonly , I find that I have arrived too late to catch my train.
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.}}