abnormally

abnormally

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. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.][1]
   • 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.

Synonyms

• unusually, extraordinarily

Translations

In an abnormal manner

Catalan: anormalment Danish: unormal (da), ualmindelig, anormal Dutch: abnormaal (nl) Finnish: epänormaalisti, epätavallisesti French: anormalement (fr) German: unnormal (de) Interlingua: anormalmente Italian: anormalmente Japanese: 異常に (ja) (いじょうに, ijōni) Latvian: anormāli, nenormāli Polish: anormalnie (pl), nienormalnie (pl) Portuguese: anormalmente Russian: анома́льно (ru) (anomálʹno), ненорма́льно (ru) (nenormálʹno) Spanish: anormalmente

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.