The phrase "almost unexpectedly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that occurs in a surprising manner, but with a slight anticipation or hint that it might happen.
Example: "The storm arrived almost unexpectedly, catching everyone off guard despite the cloudy skies."
Alternatives: "somewhat surprisingly" or "rather unexpectedly".
Here, almost unexpectedly, is a series of intricately painted frescoes by Ghirlandaio, who boasted Michelangelo as one of his many apprentices.
What I liked most about this puzzle was the abundance of entries that seemed almost unexpectedly fresh: who would have thought that MAHATMA GANDHI would be making his debut in a puzzle in 2012?
This show was eagerly anticipated, partly, no doubt, because Lombardi appeals to the political junkies and activists in the art world, but also, I think, because his drawings, which are oddly, almost unexpectedly beautiful, with their refined arcs and plain print, tap into a deeper vein of human experience.
And for other women, it happens almost unexpectedly.
It's what I call an "entrepreneurial seizure," when almost unexpectedly the vision becomes clear and the entrepreneur is filled with a driving purpose.
Sometimes you may be rewarded almost unexpectedly.
(Most unexpectedly, he occasionally has almost boyish bursts of joy, as when he invites his No 2 Chris Partlow to Atlantic City).
"Almost always unexpectedly beautiful, Gateway is a park in transition precisely because it is situated within a landscape and megaregion that are undergoing constant change themselves".
There was something unexpectedly, almost uncomfortably intimate about the pleading tone of the messages in my Twitter feed.
By Natalia Antelava December 21 , 2012There was something unexpectedly, almost uncomfortably intimate about the pleading tone of the messages in my Twitter feed.
While several people who used to work for him acknowledged the hurricane that could whip up unexpectedly, almost all of them talked about how he would pay employees out of his own pocket when business was slow.
