unexpectedly

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From unexpected + -ly or un- + expectedly.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: gözlənilmədən — in an unexpected manner
• Bashkir: көтмәгәндә (kötməgəndə) — in an unexpected manner
• Bashkir: ҡапыл (qapıl) — in an unexpected manner
• Bashkir: кинәт (kinət) — in an unexpected manner
• Belarusian: ра́птам (ráptam) — in an unexpected manner
• Bulgarian: неочаквано (neočakvano) — in an unexpected manner
• Catalan: inesperadament — in an unexpected manner
• Chinese Cantonese: 竟然 (ging2 jin4) — in an unexpected manner
• Chinese Cantonese: 居然 — in an unexpected manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 竟然 (jìngrán) — in an unexpected manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 出乎意料地 (chūhūyìliàode) — in an unexpected manner
• Czech: nečekaně — in an unexpected manner
• Danish: uventet — in an unexpected manner
• Dutch: onverwachts — in an unexpected manner
• Esperanto: neatendite — in an unexpected manner
• Estonian: ootamatult — in an unexpected manner
• Faroese: óvæntað — in an unexpected manner
• Finnish: yllättäen — in an unexpected manner
• French: contre toute attente — in an unexpected manner
• French: de manière inattendue — in an unexpected manner
• French: surprenamment — in an unexpected manner
• Galician: inesperadamente — in an unexpected manner
• Gallurese: allisumbréttu — in an unexpected manner
• German: unerwartet — in an unexpected manner
• German: unerwarteterweise — in an unexpected manner
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍉 (unwēniggō) — in an unexpected manner
• Greek: αναπάντεχα (anapántecha) — in an unexpected manner
• Greek: απροσδόκητα (aprosdókita) — in an unexpected manner
• Hindi: अनायास (anāyās) — in an unexpected manner
• Hungarian: váratlanul — in an unexpected manner
• Irish: gan choinne — in an unexpected manner
• Italian: inaspettatamente — in an unexpected manner
• Japanese: 思いがけなく (omoigakenaku) — in an unexpected manner
• Japanese: おもいがけず (omoigakezu) — in an unexpected manner
• Latin: inexspectate — in an unexpected manner
• Norwegian Bokmål: uventet — in an unexpected manner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uventa — in an unexpected manner
• Plautdietsch: onverhofs — in an unexpected manner
• Polish: nieoczekiwanie — in an unexpected manner
• Polish: niespodziewanie — in an unexpected manner
• Polish: niespodzianie — in an unexpected manner
• Portuguese: inesperadamente — in an unexpected manner
• Russian: неожи́данно (neožídanno) — in an unexpected manner
• Spanish: inesperadamente — in an unexpected manner
• Spanish: inopinadamente — in an unexpected manner
• Swedish: oväntat — in an unexpected manner
• Swedish: oförmodat — in an unexpected manner
• Telugu: అకస్మాత్తుగా (akasmāttugā) — in an unexpected manner
• Ukrainian: несподі́вано (nespodívano) — in an unexpected manner
• Ukrainian: знена́цька (znenácʹka) — in an unexpected manner