anomalously

Definition of anomalouslynext

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Recent Examples of anomalously Scientists said downpours could be enhanced by anomalously warm sea surface temperatures off the California coast. Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2026 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 The quality of his ball was so anomalously good. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anomalously
Adverb
  • Ehrmann says the problem isn’t just limited to tilt-and-turns but comes up in all kinds of architectural projects that have irregularly shaped windows.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2026
  • It is alleged that the contract was irregularly awarded and some of the police officers received bribes from the winning bidders.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • This is both a fault but, strangely, is also through design.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The night before, Nick Reiner -- who had been living on his parents' property -- got into an argument with Rob Reiner at a holiday party and was seen acting strangely, sources told ABC News.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Her writing, like her persona, thrives on noticing the oddly specific ways cultural saturation shows up.
    Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • On TikTok, Americans living in places like Vietnam and Thailand stream their days from beachfront cafés, city apartments, and late-night walks through streets that feel both unfamiliar and oddly calm.
    Windsor Johnston, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026

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“Anomalously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anomalously. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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