ANOMALOUSLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

anomalously

adverb

Definition of anomalously

as in irregularly

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Recent Examples of anomalously The quality of his ball was so anomalously good. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 Another anomalously cold blast of air is forecast over the weekend. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025 Hazelton, who models hurricanes, said the storm has been fueled by anomalously warm waters in the Caribbean Sea. — George Solis, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025 Scientists said downpours could be enhanced by anomalously warm sea surface temperatures off the California coast. — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2026 For example, a 2020 study that examined anomalously dry conditions in the western US and northern Mexico between 2000 and 2018 determined that climate change contributed to nearly half of that drought’s severity. — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025

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Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning.

— Eva Flowe May 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, meant that his heart was beating irregularly, which could lead to blood clots, stroke, or heart failure.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026

Definition of irregularly

Adverb

Commissioned by Mattel as a blatant weekly half-hour commercial for its popular toy line, the show pits He-Man and his heroic chums against the evil (but strangely inept) Skeletor in a battle for control of Castle Grayskull.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
Court documents say witnesses noticed Lopez acting strangely before the attack.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of strangely

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This peculiarly stubborn barrier to the franchise held strong until Puerto Rican citizens took it to court, finally succeeding 60 years ago today, June 13, 1966.

— Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.

— Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026

Definition of peculiarly

Adverb

And how spending time in the unpredictable, immensely powerful and ever-changing sea is so oddly grounding.

— Heather Hiett, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Bobby Bonilla, who played for the Orioles for one and a half seasons during his 15-year career, was, oddly enough, at the Baltimore Orioles game on Wednesday, the day he is owed money.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 2 July 2026

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