singularly

adverb

Definition of singularlynext
as in extraordinarily

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Recent Examples of singularly Instead of Cady as rapist, Cape Fear seems to be going for a general theme of Cady as violator, someone who is trespassing not singularly on a female body but on the Bowdens’ trustworthiness. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026 Trump appears to have lost interest in most of the GOP agenda and has become almost singularly focused on his voting legislation to require proof of citizenship, which has almost no chance of passing. — Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 Being singularly focused on sports is part of ProphetX’s pitch to consumers. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 June 2026 Its focus is singularly on American workers. — Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 June 2026 Erdozain writes with a poet’s concision but a maximalist’s zeal, leaving no room in his historical account for any doubt that American exceptionalism has been a singularly detrimental force. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 Pantochino Productions, the singularly silly, strange and hysterical small theater company that has worked out of the Milford Arts Council (MAC) for the past 16 years, occupies a unique place in the Connecticut theater landscape. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026 Intelligence cannot be reduced to analytical logic alone because intelligence itself is not singularly logical. — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Jordan Chiles at 25 years old has singularly accomplished more professionally to date than some entire family bloodlines. — Marquise Francis, NBC news, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularly
  1. extraordinarily
  2. unusually
  3. uncommonly
  4. abnormally
  5. extremely
  6. exceedingly
  7. exceptionally
  8. remarkably
Adverb
  • Plants do not grow alone Soils hold a vast and extraordinarily diverse hidden world teeming with billions of microbes that are essential for sustaining life on Earth and supporting productive and resilient crops.
    — Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
  • The finish also features some lingering mint/herbal character, along with both green and black tea tannins; that final duo is extraordinarily refreshing.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of extraordinarily
Adverb
  • The Tetra, from Analog Machine Works, features an unusually long tubular space frame with a pair of opposite-facing tetrahedrons in its interconnected structure.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
  • By Wednesday evening, senior White House officials had decided to actively support the effort to contest the suspension, which many soccer analysts viewed as an unusually harsh punishment.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026
Definition of unusually
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
  • 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 team turned to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, a stadium-sized synchrotron facility that produces extremely bright X-ray beams.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Teasing out the impact of a small dose of radiation that occurs in addition to all those other exposures is extremely challenging, and the impact of extremely low exposures has not been decisively demonstrated.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • But turning that fractured and piecemeal popularity into a more direct competitor in the American sports landscape has proved exceedingly difficult for men’s soccer.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Managing scarcity through digital modeling While deuterium is highly abundant and easily extracted from standard seawater, tritium is exceedingly scarce in nature.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Definition of exceedingly
Adverb
  • Many people with Marfan are exceptionally tall—Abraham Lincoln, for one, may have had the syndrome—and are at very high risk of a kind of fatal rupture in the heart.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • Come morning, guests enjoy a complimentary breakfast spread that includes an exceptionally tasty frittata, housemade granola, coconut chia pudding, and fresh fruits.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
Definition of exceptionally
Adverb
  • Not even 20 years ago, mainstream entertainment followed a remarkably predictable life cycle.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • This move comes shortly after his release from the Toronto Blue Jays, where his major league stint was remarkably brief.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of remarkably

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