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Surprisedly

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Adverb

1. surprisedly

in the manner of one who is surprised

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Surprisedly

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to cause to feel amazement or wonder
2. 
to encounter or discover unexpectedly or suddenly
3. 
to capture or assault suddenly and without warning
4. 
to present with something unexpected, such as a gift
5. (foll by into)
to provoke (someone) to unintended action by a trick, etc
to surprise a person into an indiscretion
6. (often foll by from)
to elicit by unexpected behaviour or by a trick
to surprise information from a prisoner
noun
7. 
the act or an instance of surprising; the act of taking unawares
8. 
a sudden or unexpected event, gift, etc
9. 
the feeling or condition of being surprised; astonishment
10. (modifier)
causing, characterized by, or relying upon surprise
a surprise move
11.  take by surprise

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Surprisedly

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verb transitiveWord forms: surˈprised or surˈprising
1. 
to come upon suddenly or unexpectedly; take unawares
2. 
to attack or capture suddenly and without warning
3. 
a. 
to cause to feel wonder or astonishment by being unexpected
b. 
to present (someone) unexpectedly with a gift, etc.
4. 
a. 
to cause by some unexpected action to do or say something unintended
to surprise someone into an admission
b. 
to bring out or elicit by such means
to surprise an admission from someone
noun
5.  Rare
the act of surprising or taking unawares
6. 
an unexpected seizure or attack
7. 
the state of being surprised; feeling aroused by something unusual or unexpected; wonder or astonishment
8. 
something that surprises because unexpected, unusual, etc.

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