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Unexpectedly vs Unsurprisingly - What's the difference?

unexpectedly | unsurprisingly |

As adverbs the difference between unexpectedly and unsurprisingly

is that unexpectedly is in an unexpected manner while unsurprisingly is not surprisingly, as could be expected.

unexpectedly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an unexpected manner.

    • Antonyms

    * expectedly

    unsurprisingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not surprisingly, as could be expected.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 19 , author=Kerry Brown , title=Kim Jong-il obituary , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years. }}