abnormallyadv.
/abˈnɔːml̩i/, /abˈnɔːməli/, /əbˈnɔːml̩i/, /əbˈnɔːməli/, U.S. /æbˈnɔrməli/, /əbˈnɔrməli/ In an abnormal or irregular manner; irregularly, unusually, extraordinarily.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb]
enormous1566
enormouslya1617
abnormally1831
abnormously1851
1831 J. Pancoast tr. J. F. Lobstein Treat. Human Sympathetic Nerve 103 The sympathetic nerve..imparts power, tone, strength, energy to these organs; excites, sustains and directs their functions: and on the contrary when it is abnormally affected, disturbs them.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species v. 154 The most abnormally developed organs may be made constant.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 4 In time of war imagination is apt to be abnormally prolific.
1916 T. C. Cantrill et al. Geol. S. Wales Coalfield xii. xii. 116 The circular or elliptical pockets..are the remains of short closed synclinal masses of coal abnormally swollen out by the squeezing-down of the two sides of the syncline.
1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xiv. 149 He had had breakfast at an abnormally early hour.
1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 7/1 Schumpeter was rocked by the death of his mother, to whom he had been abnormally close.
2006 Daily Tel. 21 June 6/1 A rare congenital condition..in which the uterus develops abnormally but the ovaries still function.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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