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unexpectedly

adv
/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/US

Etymology

From unexpected + -ly or un- + expectedly.

Definitions

  1. In an unexpected manner.

    • Near-synonyms: against expectations, against all odds, surprisingly
    • […] she was startled by unexpectedly meeting her husband, who was coming to seek her.
    • Other evidence of former ownerships such as notice-boards, number plates, and makers' plates, are often discovered unexpectedly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unexpectedly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unexpectedly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at unexpectedly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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