váratlanul

Hungarian

Etymology

váratlan +‎ -ul (adverb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaːrɒtlɒnul]
• Hyphenation: vá‧rat‧la‧nul

Adverb

váratlanul (comparative váratlanabbul, superlative legváratlanabbul)

1. unexpectedly, all of a sudden
   • 1974, Leo Tolstoy (author), László Németh (translator), Anna Karenina [Anna Karenina], Bucharest: Kriterion Könyvkiadó (1989), →ISBN, volume 1, part 1, chapter 1, page 7:

     Az történt vele ebben a pillanatban, ami az emberrel történni szokott, ha váratlanul igen szégyenletes dolgon érik. Arcát nem tudta a helyzethez szabni, amelybe bűne felfedésével a felesége előtt került.

     There happened to him at that instant what does happen to people when they are unexpectedly caught in something very disgraceful. He did not succeed in adapting his face to the position in which he was placed towards his wife by the discovery of his fault.

See also

• hirtelen