how to pronounce unexpectedly

/ˌʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdliː/

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unexpectedly is pronounced in five syllables

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ʌnɪkspɛktɪdl

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An example use of unexpectedly in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… they give unexpectedly different results …”

meanings of unexpectedly

adverb:

  1. In an unexpected manner.

unexpectedly frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word unexpectedly occurs in english on average 6.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unexpectedly can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unexpectedly can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to unexpectedly

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