Meanings
adverbeccentrically (comparative more eccentrically, superlative most eccentrically)
comparative more eccentrically · superlative most eccentrically
- In an eccentric manner.
The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
- Proto-Hellenic*eks
- Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
- Ancient Greekἐκ- (ek-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
- Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
- Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
- Ancient Greekἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)
- Medieval Latineccentricus
- Middle Frenchexcentrique
- Englisheccentric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englisheccentrically
Translations
Catalan excèntricament
- excèntricamentin an eccentric manner
Finnish eksentrisesti
- eksentrisestiin an eccentric manner
Polish ekscentrycznie
- ekscentryczniein an eccentric manner
Spanish excéntricamente
- excéntricamentein an eccentric manner
Cite this entry
APA
eccentrically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eccentrically
MLA
“eccentrically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eccentrically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eccentrically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eccentrically.
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