causing surprise It's not surprising (that) they lost. We had a surprising amount in common. It's surprising what people will do for money. It's surprising how many people applied for the job. A surprising number of people came.
NAmE//sərˈpraɪzɪŋli//
adverb She looked surprisingly well. Surprisingly, he agreed right away. Not surprisingly on such a hot day, the beach was crowded. She knew surprisingly little about her sister's life. Language Banksurprisinghighlighting interesting data- What is surprising about these results is that boys are more likely than girls to be left-handed.
- Surprisingly, boys are more likely than girls to be left-handed.
- Interestingly, even when both parents are left-handed, there is still only a 26% chance of their children being left-handed.
- One of the most interesting findings is that only 2% of the left-handers surveyed have two left-handed parents.
- It is interesting to note that people are more likely to be left-handed if their mother is left-handed than if their father is.
- The most striking feature of these results is that left-handed mothers are more likely than left-handed fathers to have left-handed children.
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