Unsurprised

ppl. a. (UN-¹ 8.)

1591.  Florio, 2nd Fruites, 77. A pawn that could passe the pikes of seuen places vnsurprised.

1593.  Marlowe, Edw. II., II. v. Though deuorsed from king Edwards eyes, Yet liueth Pierce of Gaueston vnsurprizd.

1629.  H. Burton, Truth’s Triumph, 250. They may be certain of keeping their weak fort of vncertainty vnsurprised.

1655.  Fuller, Wounded Const., etc. (1867), 314. Nor was there any Herb or Flower in the whole Garden left unsurprised with fear.

1841.  Emerson, Eng. Traits, xiv. Literature. The unique fact in literary history, the unsurprised reception of Shakespeare.

1876.  T. Hardy, Ethelberta, xxxv. She … gave him an unsurprised gesture of recognition.

1882.  Chr. Rossetti, Resurgam, Poems (1904), 412. Strenuous thro’ day and unsurprised by night He runs a race with Time and wins the race.