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uncommonly en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English uncommon Middle English -ly English -ly English uncommonly From uncommon + -ly.

Meanings

  1. To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.
    • It strikes me that you have come off uncommonly easy, seeing as how things were. No mess, no breakages, no odds and ends from every room that you can't remember until it's too late to claim. Just one big lot taken clean. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
    • For a gentleman, he was uncommonly rude, but she supposed wearing silk and jade gave him that privilege. 2012, Jeannie Lin, My Fair Concubine, page 12:
  2. Not often; on rare occasions.
    • Not uncommonly, I find that I have arrived too late to catch my train.

Forms

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most uncommonly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more uncommonly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

sometimes (not often) · atypically (to an uncommon degree) · unwontedly · sporadically

Translations (2)

es extraordinariamente (to an uncommon degree) · eo nekutime (to an uncommon degree)