Unfortunately vs Unexpected - What's the difference?
unfortunately | unexpected |
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
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Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
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As an adverb unfortunately
is happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.As an adjective unexpected is
not expected, anticipated or foreseen.unfortunately
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- Unfortunately , the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.
Synonyms
* (through bad luck) regrettably, unluckily, sadly, sad to sayAntonyms
* (through bad luck) fortunately, luckilyunexpected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
- The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.