ABNORMALLY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

abnormally

adverb

as in unusually

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Recent Examples of abnormally Los Angeles recorded a West Nile virus fatality and California hit a five-year high in cases, following an abnormally warm winter and a blistering March heat wave, The Times’s Clara Harter reports. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 About 88% of Minnesota is either experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions. — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Jack County had similar conditions, with only 56% of the county considered abnormally dry last week. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 The intensity levels range from abnormally dry, or D0, to exceptional drought, or D4. — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026 Other months were abnormally high, relative to neighboring months. — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 So far, results are most promising for people with abnormally high blood pressure who are deficient in the mineral, Edwards told HEALTH. — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, HEALTH, 11 Aug. 2026 An El Niño year is characterized by abnormally high ocean temperatures in the Pacific, which can unleash climate chaos elsewhere—causing heavy rainfall in some areas and drought in others—as well as driving up temperatures. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026 Traffic was unusually absent, and the roads were abnormally cambered and twisty. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

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If a battery is swollen, leaking, unusually hot or has an odor, the battery may be damaged and could start a fire, Sylvia said.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Munoz is an unusually successful example of an opportunity emerging for Gen X in an industry long associated with Gen Z and millennials.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of unusually

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Within the Milky Way, astronomers have so far identified roughly 100 stellar stream candidates shed by globular clusters, but finding one around another galaxy is extraordinarily rare.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The economics are extraordinarily difficult, and most of the people calling for a settlement have not examined them.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of extraordinarily

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Emde wandered ahead while King lagged behind at her usual tempo, which is uncommonly slow but projects incongruous urgency.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Players from the Cowboys and the Saints threw punches during several skirmishes throughout the joint practice, which was conducted in uncommonly hot, humid weather in the coastal town.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncommonly

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The desire to see Russia as singularly the product of its steppe heritage ends up distorting and simplifying this history.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
She was levelheaded beyond her years as a person and singularly talented as an actor, with an almost savant-like quality about her work.

— Tim Kring, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of singularly

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This pre-seasoned, ¼ inch thick steel heat extremely evenly with minimal disparity between the center and edges.

— Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Search for jet quenching Previous experiments suggest that a millionth of a second after the Big Bang, even as temperatures remained extremely high, matter did not behave like gas but instead like liquid with very low viscosity.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremely

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But what will be exceptionally bad timing for California’s coast is that, as El Niño’s full influence comes to bear, the king tides will be even higher than normal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
The tragedy has renewed attention on the exceptionally rare infection.

— Gina Park, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of exceptionally

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Even as the hard power of DEI is stripped methodically away, many changes that occurred in the era leading up to Trump’s second term remain exceedingly difficult to revoke.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Qubits are exceedingly susceptible to environmental noise and regulate imperfections.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of exceedingly

Adverb

An investigation found that Boeing had improperly fitted the outsourced fuselage and door plug parts.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
In fact, people who receive syringes from a needle exchange are less likely to dispose of them improperly than those who do not use needle exchanges – in part because these programs encourage the return of used needles.

— Paul Christine, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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