unexpectedly
Example sentences
案外、この本は読みやすいね。
This book is surprisingly easy to read, isn't it?
あの人は案外いい人かもしれない。
He may be a good man for all I know.
いけすかないボスだけど、仕事の悩みを相談したら案外、窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず、てなことになるかもね。
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.