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Webster 1828 Edition


Uncommonly

UNCOM'MONLY

, adv.
1.
Rarely; not usually.
2.
To an uncommon degree.

Definition 2024


uncommonly

uncommonly

English

Adverb

uncommonly (comparative more uncommonly, superlative most uncommonly)

  1. To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.
    • 2012, Jeannie Lin, My Fair Concubine (page 12)
      For a gentleman, he was uncommonly rude, but she supposed wearing silk and jade gave him that privilege.
  2. Not often; on rare occasions.
    Not uncommonly, I find that I have arrived too late to catch my train.

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