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abnormally

adverb

as in unusually

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Recent Examples of abnormally 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 This would further ease ongoing abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions across our region. — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abnormally
  1. unusually
  2. extraordinarily
  3. uncommonly
  4. singularly
  5. extremely
  6. exceptionally
  7. exceedingly
  8. improperly
Adverb
  • Phetchaburi Road, one of the capital’s busiest, was unusually quiet as vehicles were turned back by high water.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The storm produced strong changes in Earth’s magnetic environment and pushed auroras to unusually low latitudes.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of unusually
Adverb
  • Insurers routinely cover extraordinarily expensive drugs with modest benefit.
    — Lorenzo Cohen, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
  • With near-instant responses, generative AI can feel extraordinarily insightful.
    — Morgan Shipley, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of extraordinarily
Adverb
  • This uncommonly thoughtful Jason Statham vehicle is based on a real 1971 heist.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Some have already noted the uncommonly high demand for PV5 campers and alluded to early plans to bring the PV7 into the fold.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of uncommonly
Adverb
  • Georgia doesn’t have someone as singularly gifted as Bowers in this tight end room.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The New York Democrat is singularly focused on winning back control of the House.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of singularly
Adverb
  • Poorer women were extremely vulnerable if they were judged to have sinned like this.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the research around how schools can use AI to help students — and avoid potential harms — is extremely limited, according to a recent Stanford University review of more than 800 academic papers.
    — Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • This is yet another signal that this year will see an exceptionally strong El Niño.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Standard assays for measuring plastic breakdown are exceptionally slow because solid PET plastic resists dissolution, stretching testing timelines across several days.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of exceptionally
Adverb
  • If truly transformational donors must remain a narrow exception because their philanthropy creates opportunities for thousands of students, say so openly and make that exception exceedingly rare.
    — Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The distinctive bases are made to a ratio of 80 percent water to 20 percent flour, and then fermented for two days, resulting in an exceedingly crisp and airy baked crust.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of exceedingly
Adverb
  • Even the compression through Turn 6’s apex, which always reveals improperly tuned suspension for motorbikes and race cars alike, can’t upset the Rimini.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The South Carolina Supreme Court later overturned the convictions after finding that former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill improperly influenced the jury.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of improperly

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“Abnormally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abnormally. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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