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| Main Entry: | unexpectedly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb1 |
| Definition: | surprisingly |
| Synonyms: | out of the blue, quickly, suddenly, unawares, unusually, startlingly |
| Antonyms: | normally, obviously, regularly |
| Main Entry: | unexpectedly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb2 |
| Definition: | by chance |
| Synonyms: | accidentally, by coincidence, circumstantially, fortuitously |
| Antonyms: | advisedly, deliberately, intentionally |
| Main Entry: | incidentally |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | by chance |
| Synonyms: | accidentally, by the way, casually, unexpectedly, as a by-product, as side effect, by the bye, fortuitously, in passing, in related manner, not by design, obiter, parenthetically, remotely, subordinately |
| Antonyms: | purposely |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | abruptly |
| Synonyms: | aback, forthwith, sudden, suddenly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly, by surprise, unanticipatedly, without delay, without hesitation, without warning |
| Antonyms: | long |
| Main Entry: | unawares |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | without warning; suddenly |
| Synonyms: | aback, accidentally, carelessly, inadvertently, mistakenly, short, sudden, unconsciously, unexpectedly, unintentionally, unprepared, unwittingly, abruptly, by accident, by mistake, by surprise, ignorantly, off guard, surprisingly, unknowingly, unready |
| Notes: | unaware is an adjective that means 'not being aware of something' and unawares is an adverb meaning 'by surprise; unexpectedly' |
| Antonyms: | knowingly, consciously |
| Main Entry: | by chance |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | by accident |
| Synonyms: | accidentally, unexpectedly, unintentionally, unwittingly, as luck would have it, by a fluke, by coincidence, by mistake, for some reason, fortuitously, out of the clear blue sky |
| Main Entry: | drop dead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die |
| Synonyms: | buy the farm, croak, kick the bucket, die suddenly, die unexpectedly, fall dead, pop off |
| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | sooner than expected |
| Synonyms: | ahead of time, anon, beforehand, betimes, briefly, directly, early bird*, immediately, prematurely, presently, previous, promptly, pronto, quick, shortly, soon, unexpectedly, a bit previous, before long, bright and early, ere long, far ahead, in advance, in good time, in the bud, in time, on short notice, on the dot, oversoon, proximately, too soon, with time to spare |
| Antonyms: | later |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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