The phrase "a surprisingly small" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "The population of the town was a surprisingly small 20,000 people."
"The HQ of Fifa is a surprisingly small entity.
What they found were a surprisingly small number of alligators.
They found "a surprisingly small effect of noneconomic news" on the stock market.
McDonald's won, of course, but by a surprisingly small margin: 43 percent to 35percentt.
Mirdamadi, a surprisingly small man, has been challenging the system for more than a decade.
The results also suggested that reinsurance could work, at a surprisingly small cost.
What I saw was a surprisingly small place, crisscrossed with highways and rail lines.
Another recent study† finds that the spark can be a surprisingly small change in policy.
And the final answer reveals that there's, on average, a surprisingly small number of loops.
Considering the scale of the United States Open, it is a surprisingly small operation, perhaps a dozen people in all.
Play One, play all It's a surprisingly small speaker, about the size of a kilogram bag of sugar.
