SURPRISE, SURPRISED, SURPRISING, SURPRISINGLY – ADVERBS
1889 — MIGHTY surprisingly → Sc.
1898 — BEGONE disagreeably surprised, taken aback; dismayed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — ESTAMIN surprisingly, wonderfully, astoundingly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — ESTAMINLY surprisingly, wonderfully, astoundingly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1936 — OFF BASE by surprise, unawares → US sl., orig. baseball usage
2003 — GOBSMACKINGLY surprisingly → NZ sl.
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