ANOMALOUSLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

anomalously

adverb

Definition of anomalously

as in irregularly

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Recent Examples of anomalously Further south, anomalously warm ocean temperatures in Southern California will add a usually dangerous humidity factor. — Sean MacAday 27, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026 Scientists said downpours could be enhanced by anomalously warm sea surface temperatures off the California coast. — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2026 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

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Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning.

— Eva Flowe May 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, meant that his heart was beating irregularly, which could lead to blood clots, stroke, or heart failure.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026

Definition of irregularly

Adverb

Banks nearly had another one on Winston in the final 11-on-11 situational period, but the ball clanged off his hands near the goal line … Dart strangely lowered his shoulder on a QB run to the right on one play and made some contact with defenders.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
Watching the slow, unthinking undulations of Technicolor bells trailing lengthy tentacles like slo-mo ribbon dancers is strangely soothing.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of strangely

Adverb

Building a wall may even be its own kind of narrative project—a peculiarly linear one.

— Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
This peculiarly stubborn barrier to the franchise held strong until Puerto Rican citizens took it to court, finally succeeding 60 years ago today, June 13, 1966.

— Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026

Definition of peculiarly

Adverb

There’s something oddly binding about being on a family phone plan.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026
The latter is already a two-time Grammy winner – both in rap fields, oddly – while Scott has collected 10 nominations at music’s biggest night without ever taking home a trophy.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of oddly

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