surprising

Universal Words adjective causing surprise: It's not surprising (that) they lost. * We had a surprising amount in common. * It's surprising what people will do for money. * It's surprising how many people applied for the job. * A surprising number of people came. surprisingly adverb: She looked surprisingly well. * Surprisingly, he agreed straight away. * Not surprisingly on such a hot afternoon, the river was very busy. * She knew surprisingly little about her sister's life.