freakishly

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adverb

In a freakish manner.

UncommonScrabble 23

Meanings

adverbfreakishly (comparative more freakishly, superlative most freakishly)

comparative more freakishly · superlative most freakishly

  1. In a freakish manner.

    "Certainly not freakishly small and certainly not enormous," Horwell said. "Not one of these witnesses can be relied upon."

    2014 March 26, Richard Horwell QC, quotee, “Max Clifford's penis 'neither freakishly small nor enormous', lawyer tells court”, in The Guardian, sourced from Press Association, →ISSN
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    “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.

    2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 15 Aug 2012

    Nicolas Cage’s performance in the freakishly great 1989 cult classic Vampire’s Kiss transcends language and exposes the limitations of human vocabulary, entering a space sometimes rationalised with the defeatist turn of phrase: “there are no words”.

    2022 August 23, Luke Buckmaster, “Vampire’s Kiss: Nicolas Cage is unforgettable in this freakishly great cult classic”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbunpredictably

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*preg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*frekaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*frekōną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*frekōn
  5. Old Englishfrician?
  6. Old Englishfrīcian
  7. Middle Englishfriken?
  8. Proto-Germanic*frekaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*frek
  10. Old Englishfrec
  11. Englishfrekder.?
  12. Englishfreak
  13. Englishfreakish
  14. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  15. Proto-Germanic*līką
  16. Englishfreakishly

From freakish + -ly.

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APA

freakishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freakishly

MLA

“freakishly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freakishly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freakishly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freakishly.

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