ABNORMALLY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

abnormally

adverb

as in unusually

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Recent Examples of abnormally This can lead to a potentially serious condition called hypermagnesemia, where blood magnesium levels are abnormally high. — Md Published, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2026 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

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The youngest households’ decline followed an unusually large pandemic-era gain.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
An unusually active hurricane season triggered a trio of storms that pummeled Hawaii and Mexico earlier this year.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of unusually

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No bigger than a microwave oven, Idefix will plop onto Phobos by itself, bouncing for several minutes before coming to a halt in the moon's extraordinarily low gravity.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
The territory’s population boomed and quickly turned the distant region into an extraordinarily valuable part of the United States.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 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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Some wondered whether Schrödinger’s equation might be an approximation that works extremely well at the microscopic scale but breaks down at the macroscopic scale, which would mean the measurement postulate of the Copenhagen interpretation is right.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
In the meantime, no one should refrain from using sunscreen, which is extremely well-proven to cause cancer.

— Tracy Middleton, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of extremely

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Open-weight models would generally be exempt, but Beijing could still restrict transfers involving exceptionally large or top-performing models, potentially limiting overseas acquisitions or the movement of key personnel and intellectual property.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The video circulated widely as another example of an exceptionally long battlefield engagement.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of exceptionally

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Later, a fellow journalist will punch the reigning CJOTY in his exceedingly punchable face.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
But wetter conditions expected in much of the South will unfold alongside drier-than-average winter months across the northern tier of the country, largely as a result of the exceedingly strong El Niño.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of exceedingly

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Now, Amy Helm has countersued the studio, alleging that her successor, Brian Parillo, used invalid corporate actions to take control of the famed music venue in Woodstock, New York, and improperly obtained voting power from Levon Helm’s widow.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
What’s Happening Mycotoxins are toxins formed by molds that can grow on crops like grains and coffee beans if improperly stored.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

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