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adverb
- 1. exceptionally; very: "he is an uncommonly good talker"
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totally. violently. whatever. See more results » (Definition of uncommonly from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of uncommonly. uncommonly. Such systems are resource-conserving, carbon-storing, productive, uncommonly stable and economic. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
Uncommonly definition: in an uncommon or unusual manner or degree.. See examples of UNCOMMONLY used in a sentence.
UNCOMMONLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of uncommonly in English. uncommonly. adverb. old-fashioned formal us / ʌnˈkɑː.mən.li / uk / ʌnˈkɒm.ən.li / Add to word list. extremely: She was uncommonly brave too. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Linguistics: very & extreme. abjectly. absolutely. abundantly clear.
Definition of uncommonly adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. in an uncommon or unusual manner or degree. 2. exceptionally; outstandingly. 3. rarely; infrequently. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [ 1740–50; uncommon + -ly] Examples of 'uncommonly' in a sentence. uncommonly.
adverb. 1. exceptionally, very, extremely, remarkably, particularly, strangely, seriously (informal), unusually, peculiarly, to the nth degree Mary was uncommonly good at tennis.
Use the word uncommonly to mean "extremely" or "exceptionally" — as in the uncommonly good chocolate chip cookies your dad baked, or the uncommonly speedy way your family ate them. Rather than modifying a verb, uncommonly is one of those adverbs that almost always modifies an adjective.
