FREAKISHLY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

freakishly

adverb

as in unusually

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Recent Examples of freakishly The result, in both its grace notes and its gestalt, freakishly summons the placeless, timeless, sunless anti-aesthetics of a turn-of-the-millennium strip-mall buffet. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 Although the city, bound by a freakishly heavy snowfall and bitter cold, was hard to traverse, Dylan, now with plenty of time on his hands, got around. — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 Even Cyrus’ freakishly long nails and eerie voice are derivative of other horror movie boogeymen, but without their grasp of the uncannily malevolent. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The New Jersey Devils’ pipeline is highlighted by the massive, freakishly athletic Anton Silayev on the blue line. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Tonight, the New York Knicks won their first NBA title in 53 years over Victor Wembanyama, the most freakishly-gifted basketball player maybe ever. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 14 June 2026 Shot mostly in the Canary Islands with the region’s searing, glaring Tropic-of-Cancer-adjacent light, freakishly black, volcanic soil and groovy mid-century-modernist buildings, the film suggests a future where the worst climactic disasters have been avoided. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026 Others are luminously, freakishly beautiful, in ways that seem designed to appeal to beings from other solar systems. — Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Boston and Oklahoma City played high-level D and were freakishly athletic. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for freakishly

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The company is moving through federal safety reviews at an unusually rapid pace.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Jonathan Van Meter, the legendary magazine writer and editor, has spent much of his career getting unusually close to famous women.

— Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of unusually

Adverb

No bigger than a microwave oven, Idefix will plop onto Phobos by itself, bouncing for several minutes before coming to a halt in the moon's extraordinarily low gravity.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
The territory’s population boomed and quickly turned the distant region into an extraordinarily valuable part of the United States.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of extraordinarily

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This can lead to a potentially serious condition called hypermagnesemia, where blood magnesium levels are abnormally high.

— MD Published, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2026
On Wednesday, temperatures will still remain abnormally high, although fewer records are expected to fall than in days past.

— Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of abnormally

Adverb

Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Neither starter excelled on a tense, uncommonly hot October night in downtown San Diego.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncommonly

Adverb

After recent seasons of attempting to singularly lift the Milwaukee Bucks, Antetokounmpo found himself not only again in the midst of heavy lifting, but this time also second best on the court.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2026
That the university is prepared to sacrifice a vital cultural resource in order to save a relatively small amount of money strikes me — and others as singularly short-sighted and ill-advised.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of singularly

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There's no doubt that Riley Green's acoustic performances are incredibly popular.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
These teachers work with students who have an incredibly diverse set of needs, including those with autism, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, developmental delays and physical disabilities.

— Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026

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