abnormally

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Etymology [edit]

abnormal +‎ -ly

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  • (US) IPA: /æbˈnɔɹ.mə.li/

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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 19th cnetury.][1]
    • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, ch. 6,
      Living, as they did, in what appeared to me impenetrable darkness, their eyes were abnormally large and sensitive.

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  1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 6: