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Vinony

surprising

adjective

  1. astonishingly wonderful, causing surprise or wonder by its unexpectedness
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ / /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English surprise English -ing English surprising From surprise + -ing.

  1. Causing surprise.

    “A surprising number of people attended the rally.”

    “With this the second of three games in seven days for Stoke, it was hardly surprising to see nine changes from the side that started against Newcastle in the Premier League on Monday.”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English surprise English -ing English surprising From surprise + -ing.

  1. A situation in which somebody is surprised.

    “But the comments of most of these novelists are the record of their continual surprisings by the varieties of moral and aesthetic truths.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English surprise English -ing English surprising From surprise + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of surprise