EXTRAORDINARILY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

extraordinarily

adverb

Definition of extraordinarily

as in unusually

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Recent Examples of extraordinarily Within the Milky Way, astronomers have so far identified roughly 100 stellar stream candidates shed by globular clusters, but finding one around another galaxy is extraordinarily rare. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026 The economics are extraordinarily difficult, and most of the people calling for a settlement have not examined them. — Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026 The book is trying to grapple with how extraordinarily unequal the American economy and society has become today. — John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 The result is powerful financial leverage and is an extraordinarily efficient use of capital. — Sanjit Singh Dang, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The club’s exclusivity has also put Bezos in company with several other extraordinarily wealthy people who have not managed to get through the gates. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 But an outdoor garden, no matter how beautiful and lovingly designed or how innovatively used in the menu, is susceptible to the whims of Miami’s humid, rainy, extraordinarily lengthy summers. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 His collection was less the product of some grand strategy than an extraordinarily long social life, a curious eye, and a healthy dose of pragmatism. — Daniel Cassady For Artnews, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026 Farmers and ranchers in the Upper Basin have had less water available in 2026 because the winter was extraordinarily dry. — Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

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If a battery is swollen, leaking, unusually hot or has an odor, the battery may be damaged and could start a fire, Sylvia said.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Munoz is an unusually successful example of an opportunity emerging for Gen X in an industry long associated with Gen Z and millennials.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of unusually

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Emde wandered ahead while King lagged behind at her usual tempo, which is uncommonly slow but projects incongruous urgency.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Players from the Cowboys and the Saints threw punches during several skirmishes throughout the joint practice, which was conducted in uncommonly hot, humid weather in the coastal town.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncommonly

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The desire to see Russia as singularly the product of its steppe heritage ends up distorting and simplifying this history.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
She was levelheaded beyond her years as a person and singularly talented as an actor, with an almost savant-like quality about her work.

— Tim Kring, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of singularly

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Los Angeles recorded a West Nile virus fatality and California hit a five-year high in cases, following an abnormally warm winter and a blistering March heat wave, The Times’s Clara Harter reports.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
About 88% of Minnesota is either experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions.

— Ubah Ali, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of abnormally

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This pre-seasoned, ¼ inch thick steel heat extremely evenly with minimal disparity between the center and edges.

— Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Search for jet quenching Previous experiments suggest that a millionth of a second after the Big Bang, even as temperatures remained extremely high, matter did not behave like gas but instead like liquid with very low viscosity.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremely

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But what will be exceptionally bad timing for California’s coast is that, as El Niño’s full influence comes to bear, the king tides will be even higher than normal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
The tragedy has renewed attention on the exceptionally rare infection.

— Gina Park, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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