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untypically

adverb

as in unusually

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Recent Examples of untypically However, Park is a big name, and there’s a slim chance that voters will be taken by its normally deadpan star, who gives an untypically broad, comedic performance. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025 This game was so untypically Harbaugh. — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025 Some 60% of the world’s GDP is encumbered by debt to GDP of 100% or more, and untypically large deficits in the context of a business cycle expansion phase. — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untypically
  1. unusually
  2. extraordinarily
  3. abnormally
  4. uncommonly
Adverb
  • Phetchaburi Road, one of the capital’s busiest, was unusually quiet as vehicles were turned back by high water.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The storm produced strong changes in Earth’s magnetic environment and pushed auroras to unusually low latitudes.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of unusually
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  • Insurers routinely cover extraordinarily expensive drugs with modest benefit.
    — Lorenzo Cohen, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
  • With near-instant responses, generative AI can feel extraordinarily insightful.
    — Morgan Shipley, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of extraordinarily
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  • As of Thursday, abnormally dry conditions stretched across portions of Northern California, the Central Valley, the Sierra Nevada and Southern California.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • This would further ease ongoing abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions across our region.
    — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of abnormally
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  • This uncommonly thoughtful Jason Statham vehicle is based on a real 1971 heist.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Some have already noted the uncommonly high demand for PV5 campers and alluded to early plans to bring the PV7 into the fold.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of uncommonly

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“Untypically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untypically. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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