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Definition: Abnormally |
AbnormallyAdverb1. In an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abnormally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | It was an abnormally high forehead, lined with delicate blue veins at the temples |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The bat was behaving abnormally. (references) | |
Abnormally large amounts of calcium in the urine. (references) | ||
A fetus accidentally exposed to this drug may develop abnormally. (references) | ||
Business | The agricultural sector’s growth improved marginally from a revised 1.0 percent in 1997 to 1.5 percent in 1998. The upward trend is attributed to the abnormally heavy rains of El Nino that significantly boosted production of sugarcane, maize, tea, and wheat. (references) | |
Industry sources agree that competition in the ACE services market is abnormally strong, especially in Dubai, where there has been a proliferation of firms over the last 5 years or so. With spending in Abu Dhabi cut dramatically, companies have focused their efforts on Dubai, adding further competitive pressure. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In resuming public works construction, it is desirable to proceed only at a moderate rate, since demand for private construction will be abnormally high for some time. |
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| "Abnormally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abnormally" is used about 151 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 151 | 25,596 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "abnormally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 反常地. (various references) | |
Danish | abnorm høj viskositet i slimkirtelsekreter (abnormally viscous secretion from the mucus gland), unormalt lave bud (abnormally low tender), tilbud til unormalt lave priser (supplies at abnormally low prices), offentlige virksomheder,der har unormale pensionsbyrder (public enterprises which bear abnormally high pension charges), højt internus-fæste (abnormally high origin of the internal oblique muscle). (various references) | |
Dutch | abnormaal lage inschrijving (abnormally low tender), abnormaal dichte secretie van de slijmcellen (abnormally viscous secretion from the mucus gland), aanbiedingen tegen abnormaal lage prijzen (supplies at abnormally low prices), overheidsbedrijven die abnormaal hoge pensioenlasten dragen (public enterprises which bear abnormally high pension charges). (various references) | |
French | rocambolesque (abnormal). (various references) | |
German | abnorm (abnormal, bastardly, kinky). (various references) | |
Greek | ανώμαλα (irregularly). (various references) | |
Italian | abnorme (abnormal, bastardly), in momo anormale, in modo normale, in modo anormale. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 異常高温 (abnormally high temperatures), 暖冬異変 (abnormally warm winter). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いじょう"うお" (abnormally high temperatures), "とういへ" (abnormally warm winter). (various references) | |
Korean | 이상하게 (Queerly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abnormallyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | anormalmente. (various references) | |
Romanian | anormal (abnormal, anomalous, monstrous, prodigious). (various references) | |
Russian | ненормально. (various references) | |
Spanish | anormalmente (abnormality). (various references) | |
Swedish | onormalt. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ненормально, неправильно (awry, crosswise, improperly, incorrectly, out-of-truth, unduly, wrong), анормально. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Abnormally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abnormalis, abnormals, aborally, anormaly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abnormally" (pronounced abnô"rmulē) |
| 7 | -n ô" r m u l ē | normally. |
| 6 | -ô" r m u l ē | formally, informally. |
| 4 | -m u l ē | abysmally, anomaly, dismally, facsimile, family, gloomily, homily, minimally, multifamily, steamily, subfamily, supremely. |
| 3 | -u l ē | accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, factually, faithfully, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, structurally, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-l-m-n-o-r-y" | |
-1 letter: myrobalan. | |
-2 letters: abnormal, aborally, amorally, balmoral, normally. | |
-3 letters: allobar, allonym, almonry, amboyna, anomaly, banally, mayoral, morally. | |
-4 letters: abolla, aboral, alanyl, ambary, amoral, anally, ballon, barman, barony, baryon, bayamo, bayman, brolly, bromal, layman, marbly, normal, orally. | |
-5 letters: aboma, alamo, alarm, alary, allay, alloy, ambry, anomy, aroma, bally, balmy, banal, barmy, barny, baron, bolar, boral, boyar, boyla. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l-l-m-n-o-r-y" | |
+5 letters: combinatorially. | |
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