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
  • Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning.
    Eva Flowe May 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, meant that his heart was beating irregularly, which could lead to blood clots, stroke, or heart failure.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Adverb
  • The salon itself feels like a nostalgic millennial dreamscape, with a clean, playful aesthetic that’s strangely comforting.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The only rejoinder to that is Sinner has had a strangely fraught time of it at the Slams — relatively speaking — since winning Wimbledon a year ago.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Adverb
  • This peculiarly stubborn barrier to the franchise held strong until Puerto Rican citizens took it to court, finally succeeding 60 years ago today, June 13, 1966.
    Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
  • 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
Adverb
  • The longevity-industrial complex tends to frame this question in oddly specific ways.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The start-stop button is also oddly positioned and has a flimsy touch functionality.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 28 June 2026

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“Anomalously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anomalously. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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