noun
- plural of surprisal; instances of being surprised or the act of surprising
Usage: rare; formal
Examples
- The multiple surprisals throughout the evening kept the guests entertained.
- His research focused on the frequency of surprisals in cognitive processing.
- The novel was filled with delightful surprisals that kept readers engaged.
- She documented the various surprisals experienced during the experiment.
- The surprisals in the data suggested unexpected patterns.