Definition of "surprisingly" []

• In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual. (adverb)

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• "The reason I use the term "surprisingly" is because I typically listen to WBBR on my radio in the background for a large part of the day."
• "However, the New York-based publisher of the "Grand Theft Auto" videogame franchise outperformed its own reduced expectations, and it boosted its fiscal 2008 guidance due to better-than-expected first-quarter results and what it described as surprisingly strong preorders of its latest "Grand Theft Auto" game, due April 29."
• "MacLean suggests Santa Margherita Prosecco Di Valdobbiadene Brut, from Italy, which she describes as surprisingly rich and toasty, yet packed with luscious peach and pear notes."