anomalously

Definition of anomalouslynext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of anomalously Another anomalously cold blast of air is forecast over the weekend. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025 Hazelton, who models hurricanes, said the storm has been fueled by anomalously warm waters in the Caribbean Sea. George Solis, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025 The quality of his ball was so anomalously good. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 For example, a 2020 study that examined anomalously dry conditions in the western US and northern Mexico between 2000 and 2018 determined that climate change contributed to nearly half of that drought’s severity. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anomalously
Adverb
  • Currently, Yellowstone’s geyser watch notes that Echinus is continuing to erupt irregularly and that each eruption lasts for 3 to 5 minutes and reaches around 30 feet in height.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Two months later, her heart began to beat irregularly.
    Stephanie Armour, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • But strangely, also, the opposite is true.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The play concerns an average guy named Berenger (a character name that Ionesco used in other works, and who seems to share some background details with the playwright) who sees the people around him acting strangely and spouting odd sentiments.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Facing a peculiarly hostile administration in Washington, Pretoria has ample reason to pursue greater intra-BRICS cooperation—not out of ideological affinity with its members but out of the strategic necessity to protect itself against an erratic and punitive United States.
    OLIVER STUENKEL, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Evan graduated from Georgia State University, but oddly is a Georgia fan.
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The highways are long and mostly straight, giving you ample space to hit top speed in something like a Saleen S7 LM—an oddly niche choice for this gameplay snippet.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026

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“Anomalously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anomalously. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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