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surprising
adjective as in unexpected
Strongest matches
amazing, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, shocking, startling, stunning, sudden, unanticipated, unforeseen, unpredictable, wonderful
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accidental, fortuitous, from left field, impulsive, out of the blue, unpredicted, without warning
Example Sentences
Given the dangers, it is not surprising that President Félix Tshisekedi might be looking at ways to shore up his position.
It is not surprising that Liverpool have been linked to him.
It’s apparently “Left,” which is as surprising a conclusion as the end of the original “Karate Kid.”
With surprising speed, however, this country’s leaders came to spurn McKinley’s embrace of a colonial empire with its costly, complicated occupation of overseas territories.
"What's really exciting about this, is it's a totally undiscovered process by which anti-germ molecules are made inside our cells, it feels profoundly important and surprising."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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