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单词 uncommonly
释义

uncommon

adjective

un·​com·​mon ˌən-ˈkä-mən How to pronounce uncommon (audio)
1
: not ordinarily encountered : unusual
an uncommon plant
2
: remarkable, exceptional
a soldier of uncommon courage
uncommonly adverb
uncommonness
ˌən-ˈkä-mən-nəs How to pronounce uncommon (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • aberrant
  • aberrated
  • abnormal
  • anomalous
  • atypical
  • especial
  • exceeding
  • exceptional
  • extraordinaire
  • extraordinary
  • freak
  • odd
  • peculiar
  • phenomenal
  • preternatural
  • rare
  • singular
  • uncustomary
  • unique
  • unusual
  • unwonted
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Example Sentences

It is not uncommon for people to become depressed after they retire. an athlete with uncommon ability a soldier of uncommon courage She is an uncommon woman.
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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

uncommon

adjective

un·​com·​mon ˌən-ˈkä-mən How to pronounce uncommon (audio)
1
: not often found or seen : unusual
an uncommon bird
2
: not ordinary : remarkable
uncommon ability
uncommon courage

uncommonly

adverb

as in extremely
to a great degree he's uncommonly well-read for a boy his age

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • extremely
  • incredibly
  • very
  • terribly
  • highly
  • too
  • damned
  • damn
  • so
  • badly
  • that
  • exceptionally
  • really
  • severely
  • intensely
  • jolly
  • super
  • desperately
  • most
  • wildly
  • awfully
  • far
  • seriously
  • particularly
  • fantastically
  • greatly
  • exceedingly
  • especially
  • heavily
  • full
  • much
  • fabulously
  • frightfully
  • such
  • fiercely
  • supremely
  • remarkably
  • immensely
  • mighty
  • real
  • eminently
  • surpassingly
  • hugely
  • awful
  • specially
  • absolutely
  • exceeding
  • vitally
  • enormously
  • way
  • deadly
  • achingly
  • wicked
  • utterly
  • totally
  • good and
  • filthy
  • archly
  • thoroughly
  • extra
  • vastly
  • mortally
  • unco
  • a lot
  • completely
  • sore
  • positively
  • deeply
  • passing
  • colossally
  • roaringly
  • beastly
  • rattling
  • blisteringly
  • almighty
  • cracking
  • stinking
  • roaring
  • dang
  • sorely
  • bone
  • entirely
  • monstrous
  • majorly
  • corking
  • wholly
  • mightily
  • whacking
  • significantly
  • thumping
  • downright
  • ever
  • profoundly
  • noticeably
  • spanking
  • considerably
  • fully
  • right
  • notably
  • radically
  • obviously
  • visibly
  • substantially
  • as all get-out
  • markedly
  • purely
  • astonishingly
  • extensively
  • excessively
  • amazingly
  • palpably
  • abundantly
  • plentifully
  • obscenely
  • staggeringly
  • monumentally
  • discernibly
  • appreciably
  • astronomically
  • altogether
  • plainly
  • flat-out
  • monstrously
  • overmuch
  • grandly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • somewhat
  • slightly
  • little
  • nominally
  • negligibly
  • scarcely
  • hardly
  • minimally
  • marginally
  • just
  • meagerly
  • barely
  • scantily
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