abnormally

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English

Etymology

abnormal +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈnɔɹ.mə.li/
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Adverb

abnormally (comparative more abnormally, superlative most abnormally)

  1. In an abnormal manner; in a way that deviates from a standard, norm, or average.
    • 1895, H. G. Wells, chapter 6, in The Time Machine:
      Living, as they did, in what appeared to me impenetrable darkness, their eyes were abnormally large and sensitive.

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References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormally”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.