surreally

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adverb

In a way or to an extent that is surreal.

OriginEnglish surreal ← French surréalisme ← Middle French real →
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Meanings

adverbsurreally (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a way or to an extent that is surreal.

    Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure[…]

    1988 January 15, Kathryn Hixson, “On Exhibit: a gallery full of flowers”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Old Frenchsur-
  7. Frenchsur-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  10. Proto-Italic*reis
  11. Classical Latinrēs
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latinreālis
  15. Old Frenchreel
  16. Middle Frenchreal
  17. Frenchréel
  18. Frenchréalisme
  19. Frenchsurréalisme
  20. Englishsurrealismbf.
  21. Englishsurreal
  22. Englishsurreally

From surreal + -ly.

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APA

surreally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreally

MLA

“surreally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreally. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surreally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreally.

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