Meanings
comparative more uncommonly · superlative most uncommonly
- To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.
For a gentleman, he was uncommonly rude, but she supposed wearing silk and jade gave him that privilege.
2012, Jeannie Lin, My Fair Concubine, page 121 more example
It strikes me that you have come off uncommonly easy, seeing as how things were. No mess, no breakages, no odds and ends from every room that you can't remember until it's too late to claim. Just one big lot taken clean.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados MysteriesSynonyms: atypically
- Not often; on rare occasions.
Not uncommonly, I find that I have arrived too late to catch my train.
Synonyms: sometimes
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbTo an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.
adverbNot often; on rare occasions.
Origin
Translations
Esperanto nekutime
- nekutimeto an uncommon degree
Spanish extraordinariamente
- extraordinariamenteto an uncommon degree
Cite this entry
uncommonly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommonly
“uncommonly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommonly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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