Exactly
Exactly adverb - As stated or indicated without the slightest difference.
Surprisingly and exactly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surprisingly" instead an adverb "Exactly".
Surprisingly
Surprisingly adverb - In a surprising manner.
Exactly and surprisingly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exactly" instead an adverb "Surprisingly".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Booster takes this surprisingly well, though he loses a bet with fellow smuggler Talon Karrde because of this - Karrde had bet that they would do exactly this.
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Surprisingly, we actually find out exactly what happened, due to the fact that Mary is a robot, and as she put it, "Free of errors and inconsistencies of the hippocampus." Really 700 Years Old: Liz and Mary.
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This works out surprisingly well, as Paige is close enough in age to remember pulling exactly the same crap Savannah was pulling, and treats her with a light rein.
Source: Literature / The Otherworld
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