as expected
- predictableAble to be foreseen
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- unsurprisingCausing no astonishment
- naturallywithout artificial help
- inevitablySure to happen
foreseeable · typical · routine · clockwork · right on cue · sure enough · of course · par for the course · textbook · reliable · consistent · familiar · pattern · obvious · foreseen · scheduled · punctual · standard
as expectedunexpectedly
Without prior indication
surprisingly · against all odds · unpredictably · out of the blue · shockingly
as expectedextraordinarily
To a remarkable degree
anomalously · unusually · bizarrely · strangely · aberrantly