anomalouslyadv.
/əˈnɒml̩əsli/, U.S. /əˈnɑmələsli/ In an anomalous manner; in a way that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adverb]
non-conformable1637
anomalously1646
unorthodoxically1733
unorthodoxly1798
nonconformably1860
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. v. 239 Eve..anomalously proceeded from Adam. View more context for this quotation
1723 S. Mather Vindic. Holy Bible 260 Some words were written anomalously.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 91 It is better that the whole should be imperfectly and anomalously answered, than [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xii. 80 The separate translations, still anomalously prohibited in detail, were exposed freely to sale in a single volume.
1974 Nature 15 Mar. 261/2 Miyashiro distinguishes, somewhat anomalously, some subfacies on the basis of facies series.
2013 New Yorker 23 Dec. 54/3 A thin layer of sediment containing anomalously high concentrations of the element iridium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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