surprisingly

surprisingly
adverb Surprisingly, he did win.) para (mi/tu/su...) sorpresa, sorprendentemente
surprisingly
tr[sə'praɪzɪŋlɪ]
adverb
1 sorprendentemente
■ surprisingly enough ... para sorpresa de todos ...
■ not surprisingly ... como es lógico ...
surprisingly
adv.
• sorprendentemente adv.
sə'praɪzɪŋli
adverb
a) <quiet/near/good> sorprendentemente

surprisingly little research has been done on the subject — es sorprendente lo poco que se ha investigado en el tema

b) (indep)

surprisingly, she feels no resentment — no está resentida, lo cual es sorprendente

they were, not surprisingly, very worried — como es lógico, estaban muy preocupados

[sǝ'praɪzɪŋlɪ]
ADV [good, large, easy] sorprendentemente

surprisingly, it's been a great success — lo sorprendente es que ha sido todo un éxito

• surprisingly enough this is her first film — esta es su primera película, lo cual es bastante sorprendente

• surprisingly few people are interested — lo sorprendente es que muy poca gente está interesada, muy poca gente está interesada, lo cual es sorprendente

• surprisingly little information is available — es sorprendente la poca información que existe

• not surprisingly he didn't come — como era de esperar, no vino

• the referee, rather surprisingly, awarded a penalty — el árbitro, para sorpresa de todos, señaló penalty

• they are coping surprisingly well — es sorprendente lo bien que se las están arreglando, se las están arreglando sorprendentemente bien

* * *
[sə'praɪzɪŋli]
adverb
a) <quiet/near/good> sorprendentemente

surprisingly little research has been done on the subject — es sorprendente lo poco que se ha investigado en el tema

b) (indep)

surprisingly, she feels no resentment — no está resentida, lo cual es sorprendente

they were, not surprisingly, very worried — como es lógico, estaban muy preocupados


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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