freakishly

adverb

as in unusually

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Recent Examples of freakishly Tonight, the New York Knicks won their first NBA title in 53 years over Victor Wembanyama, the most freakishly-gifted basketball player maybe ever. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 14 June 2026 Shot mostly in the Canary Islands with the region’s searing, glaring Tropic-of-Cancer-adjacent light, freakishly black, volcanic soil and groovy mid-century-modernist buildings, the film suggests a future where the worst climactic disasters have been avoided. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026 Others are luminously, freakishly beautiful, in ways that seem designed to appeal to beings from other solar systems. — Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Boston and Oklahoma City played high-level D and were freakishly athletic. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026 Six Jackson family members are credited as producers and still seem to be grappling with how their freakishly gifted and damaged relative came to exist. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 The story still lays there on the table, limp as a corpse, but freakishly still twitching. — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026 The Frankenstein actor looked freakishly handsome in a custom tuxedo and vest, cotton poplin shirt, bow tie from Bottega Veneta. — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026 Team Canada coach Jon Cooper often included him in freakishly skilled trio with Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon. — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freakishly
  1. unusually
  2. extraordinarily
  3. abnormally
  4. uncommonly
  5. singularly
  6. extremely
  7. incredibly
  8. exceptionally
Adverb
  • All of the indications are that this has been an unusually happy England camp so far.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • People may also have unusually bad gas, stomach cramps and nausea.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 13 July 2026
Definition of unusually
Adverb
  • His facial proportions are regarded as extraordinarily harmonious, his features exceptionally balanced, and his jawline and bone structure almost uncannily aligned with the community’s preferred metrics.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • Iyad el-Baghdadi, a prominent Palestinian in Norway who was accepted as a refugee, said that Norwegians had been extraordinarily welcoming and kind.
    — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of extraordinarily
Adverb
  • But with toxic levels of cobalt, the transcription factor is active without low oxygen levels, leading to abnormally high amounts of hemoglobin-carrying red blood cells—explaining the woman’s high hemoglobin levels.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
  • The continental United States logged its most abnormally hot March in 132 years of records, and Europe has seen unseasonable highs near 104 degrees.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Definition of abnormally
Adverb
  • The view was uncommonly broad, and the city skyline poked out of the eastern sky.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • The skilled pivot speaks almost perfect English and is uncommonly engaging to speak with.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of uncommonly
Adverb
  • Yet there is something singularly unbecoming about a franchise as American as Superman (and its adjuncts) being willfully stripped of its patriotism and good cheer.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
  • ARTnews sat down with the show’s curator, Ingrid Schaffner, to talk about how the exhibition reveals Taylor’s crucial use of landscape, deepening common, overly simplified readings of his practice as singularly focused on portraiture.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of singularly
Adverb
  • Be vigilant about never leaving young children and pets in vehicles without supervision, especially during periods of intense heat, as car interiors can quickly become extremely hot.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Surveillance of a suspect can take hours or days, and is extremely resource-intensive.
    — Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • The senior-citizen ballers, whose core lineup still incredibly includes Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, may even take things on the road.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Graham and his sister shared an incredibly close relationship.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of incredibly
Adverb
  • This is an exceptionally sophisticated cognitive procedure and obviously produces a less powerful and precise strike than those performing goalkeeper-independent kicks, without a stutter.
    — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • For Guzema, the investment in brick-and-mortar is intended to make its craftsmanship, service and emotional proposition more legible in an exceptionally crowded market.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Definition of exceptionally

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