ABNORMALLY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

abnormally

adverb

as in unusually

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Recent Examples of abnormally On Wednesday, temperatures will still remain abnormally high, although fewer records are expected to fall than in days past. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 The abnormally strong event may boost extreme weather, flooding and erosion of the coast. — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026 The winter was abnormally warm and dry, too, and Denverites started watering trees as early as January, Fisher said. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026 Trades of around $5,500 made up a large share of transactions on the contracts, and that 24-hour trading volume was abnormally high compared to actual resting liquidity. — Davis Giangiulio,ananya Chetia, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Storming the coast Recent hits to beaches were a result of strong swells from hurricanes in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Warrick said, as well as abnormally high tides. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 As of Thursday, abnormally dry conditions stretched across portions of Northern California, the Central Valley, the Sierra Nevada and Southern California. — Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 However, in a person with PCD, those threadlike structures can beat abnormally, hindering airway clearance and contributing to recurrent respiratory infections. — Molly Finlay, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 Recent rains in many areas of Maryland have brought temporary relief from dry conditions, but most of us are still abnormally dry or in a drought that began about two years ago. — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2026

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Isaias is the first hurricane of an unusually quiet Atlantic season.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
The Category 3 storm has grown into a major hurricane, the first of an unusually quiet Atlantic season, and is expected to make landfall Friday night.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of unusually

Adverb

That is exactly the challenge facing Apple, where Tim Cook’s extraordinary run was defined by operational mastery—building upon iPhone’s dominance while weaving an extraordinarily profitable global ecosystem of products, services, and retail.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Couple that with an extraordinarily lush setting, exquisite food, and first-rate staff.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of extraordinarily

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Swaminarayan monks, who practice the eightfold version, see it as an important way to help eradicate all traces of desire and remain singularly focused on God.

— Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Georgia doesn’t have someone as singularly gifted as Bowers in this tight end room.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of singularly

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Experts attribute the extremely warm ocean temperatures that fueled Rachel, which peaked as a Category 3 hurricane, in part to El Niño.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
All this makes the Home app very easy to use, but extremely underpowered.

— Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of extremely

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This platinum version with its salmon-toned dial on a platinum bracelet is exceptionally rare.

— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026
El Niño and warming ocean waters are helping fuel the activity, while an exceptionally strong El Niño could bring more coastal erosion, flooding and damage this winter — especially during high tides.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of exceptionally

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Pros and cons One of the biggest beneficiaries of the bill would be the growth of massive electric transmission systems—essentially, power lines—that are exceedingly hard to get built through the lands of property owners.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Spokespeople for Novo Nordisk — maker of Ozempic and Wegovy — say NAION and other serious conditions are exceedingly rare in clinical trials.

— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of exceedingly

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The judge also found that the government improperly bypassed the usual process for adopting federal regulations.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
In their original complaint, prosecutors claimed that, between 2017 and 2024, Smith used an army of bots to improperly stream his music millions of times.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

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