unexpectedly

Etymology

unexpected + -ly.

adv

  1. In an unexpected manner.
    […] she was startled by unexpectedly meeting her husband, who was coming to seek her. 1863, George Eliot, chapter XVI, in Romola, volume II, book II, page 186

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