Meanings
adverbnoncharacteristically (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a noncharacteristic manner.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
- Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
- Ancient Greekχαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō)
- Ancient Greekχᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)
- Englishcharacteristic
- Englishnoncharacteristic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishnoncharacteristically
From noncharacteristic + -ally.
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APA
noncharacteristically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncharacteristically
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“noncharacteristically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncharacteristically. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncharacteristically,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncharacteristically.
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