uncommonly

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adverb

To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.

“Not uncommonly, I find that I have arrived too late to catch my train.”

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbuncommonly (comparative more uncommonly, superlative most uncommonly)

comparative more uncommonly · superlative most uncommonly

  1. 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 12
    1 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 Mysteries

    Synonyms: atypically

  2. 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.

Similar

adverbNot often; on rare occasions.

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Origin

Translations

Esperanto nekutime
  • nekutimeto an uncommon degree
Spanish extraordinariamente
  • extraordinariamenteto an uncommon degree
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APA

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Chicago

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

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