It is a clear, surprisingly mild day for winter.

When he did speak his voice was solid and surprisingly mild.

The weather in London has been surprisingly mild this month.

They were a surprisingly mild gray, but his gaze was firm and direct.

It was the last big exertion that often killed them, even in surprisingly mild weather'.

The night was surprisingly mild, wind still and very dark.

But the rest of that winter turned out to be surprisingly mild.

He had surprisingly mild blue eyes and a rare but good-natured smile.

"I have nine thousand men with me," the other man said in a surprisingly mild tone.

Often surprisingly mild in tone given Johnson's later development.