atypically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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An atypically gestural Mercedes Matter, from 1936, demonstrates what the artist learned from the influential German-born modernist painter and teacher Hans Hofmann, who had recently opened a school in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
The song that launched Osbourne's solo career, it's almost atypically upbeat - shrugging off Cold War paranoia and declaring: "Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love."
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
In six at-bats against Darvish during last week’s National League Division Series, Ohtani went hitless, striking out three times while looking atypically mortal after his superhuman regular season.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
The protests against Camp Blaz had resurfaced longstanding divisions in the community, where families are large and everyone knows everyone or is somehow related; arguments among friends and family had grown atypically heated.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023
After checking the man’s passport to make sure he was who he said, and informally interrogating him to make sure he wasn’t a reporter, Bobby atypically agreed to dine with the stranger.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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