He had been unpleasantly surprised. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner. From Dictionary.com.
And he recalled unpleasantly the misfortune that had happened: he had been forced to share his snug bedroom with eighteen of his distant cousins. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse] Reference
For what profit can there be, if a man, when he hath passed over all his life unpleasantly, that is to say, wretchedly, shall have no reward after his death?. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Book. Of their journeying or travelling abroad, with divers other matters cunningly reasoned, and wittily discussed] Reference
An expression that unpleasantly combined cunning and fear crossed Atheneum McGee’s sharp features. From Wordnik.com. [Say No to Murder] Reference
The idea of a hotel impressed Phyllis unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
I didn't hit them, I didn't act toward them unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [Eden Aberjil Facebook Photos Controversy: Israeli Ex-Soldier Says She Didn't Humiliate Palestinians] Reference
Grater laughed unpleasantly and chanted in a rough voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
Jerry had kept her unpleasantly candid remarks to herself!. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
You will be unpleasantly reminded of a disagreeable fact. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Mr. Harrison was unpleasantly reminded of what was before him. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
"Oh, you won't eh?" the squire looked more unpleasantly than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
"He may be a liar, all right," said Macartney rather unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
"And then --" she gave him a side glance, and laughed unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The keys were moist with my sweat and smelled unpleasantly of metal. From Wordnik.com. [The Fiend] Reference
China shares with us the bad fame of being unpleasantly inquisitive. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
He had, he informed them, been unpleasantly ill when he had seen the explosion. From Wordnik.com. [This World Must Die!] Reference
It rained yesterday; and, though it is midsummer, it is unpleasantly cool to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Jeremiah only blinked his great green eyes and smiled a little, very unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
Financial innovations (again: "subprime" mortgages) constantly surprise, unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons From The 1987 Crash] Reference
The tent was well filled, -- the front rows of seats being unpleasantly near the stage. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
But reformers are often surprised, unpleasantly, by the consequences of their handiwork. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH CRIME IN WISCONSIN] Reference
Even the bulkheads and the metal floor of crew quarters were unpleasantly warm to the touch. From Wordnik.com. [A Place in the Sun] Reference
Marjorie perceived that I meant more than met the eye, and that what I meant was meant unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
But the best-laid plans sometimes prove to have a flaw, and this was unpleasantly true in this case. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
One guard went along; the big one with the stunner stayed behind, eyeing his prisoners unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [Gold in the Sky] Reference
She was powerfully and unpleasantly affected by electricity from a battery, or acting in milder forms. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
"I think you are mistaken about that," he rejoined, smiling at her in a most unpleasantly familiar manner. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
The weather was so unpleasantly wet that, under the circumstances, we did not find the place very interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
As usual the loiterers were Amanda and her "Shadow" and as they saw Vi's eyes upon them they smiled unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference
Others subjected to Woodward's reportorial charms have also expected positive results, only to be unpleasantly surprised. From Wordnik.com. [Curbing The Quayle Hunt] Reference
"Closed, at any rate," said I, "and with very moist curtains, through which we must push our way unpleasantly enough into the harbour.". From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
There are some kinds of perverseness which impress one not altogether unpleasantly, but this affects a man with equal anger and disgust. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
The iron hull of our ship, always unpleasantly hot in these latitudes, was rapidly cooled by the deluge of rain which came with the wind. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
I wasn't late to my internship, and I had so much coffee coursing through my veins that my hands were unpleasantly shaky, but I was awake. From Wordnik.com. [Danielle Wiener-Bronner: Work a Little, Play a Little, Sleep a Lot] Reference
The chimney, which had not been used since the preceding winter, smoked unpleasantly, and the damp logs only blackened instead of burning. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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