Out of the blue
Out of the blue adverb - In a way that was not expected.
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Synonyms for Out of the blue
Surprisingly and out of the blue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surprisingly" instead an adverb phrase "Out of the blue".
Surprisingly
Surprisingly adverb - In a surprising manner.
Out of the blue and surprisingly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Out of the blue" instead an adverb "Surprisingly".
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Related pairs
- short and out of the blue
- short and surprisingly
- uncommonly and out of the blue
- uncommonly and surprisingly
- unprepared and out of the blue
- unprepared and surprisingly
- rarely and out of the blue
- rarely and surprisingly
- sudden and out of the blue
- sudden and surprisingly
- abruptly and out of the blue
- abruptly and surprisingly
- unusually and out of the blue
- unusually and surprisingly
Both terms in one sentence
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Surprisingly Sudden Death: In the middle of a tense standoff, Mickey is doing his usual wheedling when he's shot out of the blue, triggering a shootout that also takes out Arquimedes.
Source: Series / Boardwalk Empire
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