unsurprisingly
adverb
un·sur·pris·ing·ly
ˌən-sər-ˈprī-ziŋ-lē 
ˌən-sə-
1
: as is not surprising
matters complicate, unsurprisingly—
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann2
: in an unsurprising manner
the story ended unsurprisingly
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Then came The Favourite (2018), the first of his collaborations with screenwriter Tony McNamara, which gave his oddball perspective a period-piece context and, unsurprisingly, a bigger audience.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
Perhaps unsurprisingly, these highly delicate embryo cradles probably didn’t last more than a few months, let alone the huge epochs of geological time scales.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
Perhaps unsurprisingly, these highly delicate embryo cradles probably didn’t last more than a few months, let alone the huge epochs of geological time scales.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for unsurprisingly
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“Unsurprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsurprisingly. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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