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[ adjective ] not anticipated
Synonyms Examples "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden "unforeseen circumstances" "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy" "like a bolt out of the blue" Used in print (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)He had gone_into the Japanese navy , had been trained as an officer , had participated in one or two battles - he never went into detail regarding his military experience - and at the age of twenty-five , quite as a bolt out_of_the_blue , he had walked into the mission as if he belonged here and had become a Christian . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a way that was not expected
Synonyms Examples "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue" Related terms |
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