FREAKISHLY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

freakishly

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as in unusually

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Recent Examples of freakishly Even Cyrus’ freakishly long nails and eerie voice are derivative of other horror movie boogeymen, but without their grasp of the uncannily malevolent. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The New Jersey Devils’ pipeline is highlighted by the massive, freakishly athletic Anton Silayev on the blue line. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 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 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

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The campaign has also highlighted the solidarity of Estonia’s art community, with artists rallying around an institution facing an unusually severe financial crisis caused by the scam.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The religious Democrats This midterm year, an unusually high number of Democratic candidates in red states are talking about their faith in an effort to connect with voters in the midterm elections, as my colleague Sarah Wire reported yesterday.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of unusually

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Within the Milky Way, astronomers have so far identified roughly 100 stellar stream candidates shed by globular clusters, but finding one around another galaxy is extraordinarily rare.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The economics are extraordinarily difficult, and most of the people calling for a settlement have not examined them.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of extraordinarily

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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
About 88% of Minnesota is either experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions.

— Ubah Ali, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of abnormally

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Players from the Cowboys and the Saints threw punches during several skirmishes throughout the joint practice, which was conducted in uncommonly hot, humid weather in the coastal town.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Compared with federal law and that of other states, New York has uncommonly strong protections for defendants facing multiple prosecutions.

— Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncommonly

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The desire to see Russia as singularly the product of its steppe heritage ends up distorting and simplifying this history.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
She was levelheaded beyond her years as a person and singularly talented as an actor, with an almost savant-like quality about her work.

— Tim Kring, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of singularly

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The balance between efficiency and pleasantness in doing business seems extremely hard to achieve.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Naegleria fowleri infections are extremely rare, with only 180 confirmed between 1937 and 2025, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.

— Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremely

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Iran’s currency – the rial – is incredibly weak and dropped to a record low of two million against the US dollar yesterday.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Instead of using the developed AI software to create the animation, the film is incredibly homespun.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of incredibly

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But what will be exceptionally bad timing for California’s coast is that, as El Niño’s full influence comes to bear, the king tides will be even higher than normal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
The tragedy has renewed attention on the exceptionally rare infection.

— Gina Park, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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