unanticipatedly
- adverb
- /ˌʌnˌæntɪˈpeɪtɪdli/
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inesperadamente
- The meeting ended unanticipatedly early, allowing everyone to leave before lunch.
Examples
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The engineers worry particularly about the unanticipatedly long time—close to four years—that the Space Telescope had to wait since its construction was completed in the fall of 1985.
Academic text (1990) -
The final stanza is unanticipatedly cathartic: "I slept through the night, got through to the dawn / I flipped the switch and the light went on."
Academic text (2004) -
In the long run, workers will realize that their real wages (wages adjusted for changes in the price level) are unanticipatedly less than their nominal wages because of the induced inflation.
Academic text (1990) -
We found unanticipatedly high levels of support for the new policy in the survey results.
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The performance was unanticipatedly better than anyone had predicted, impressing both the audience and the critics.
Synonyms
272
2.5
In a way that people do not expect
190
3.2
In an unusual or unexpected way
99
2.3
Happening without any warning
3
4.4
Says that something is not expected but is true
1
8.2
In a way that is not normal or expected
1
7.9
In a way that is the opposite of what you expect
In a way that is hard to understand or does not match what you expect
Antonyms
How Expected
Surface Forms
Morphology
unanticipatedly = unanticipated (transparent) = un + anticipate + ed + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'unanticipated', a straightforward derivation.
Etymology
Unanticipatedly breaks into un- 'not' and anticipate 'to expect something before it happens', with -ly making it a way to describe how something happens, so unanticipatedly means 'in a way that was not expected'.