anachronistically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Of course, Kronthaler accessorized it anachronistically with pale blue striped rugby socks.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022
At one point, speaking of Captain Wentworth, the man she still loves after having foolishly rejected years earlier, she anachronistically observes that “now we’re worse than exes — we’re friends.”
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022
Most delightfully of all, the over-confident string bean anachronistically decked out in Keanu’s Matrix costume isn’t the living worst.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2020
Luhrmann anachronistically peppers the film with pop songs such as Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and the Police’s “Roxanne.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2018
With this purpose he went to a very famous monastery in Champagne called—well, anachronistically known as St. Voltaire's.
From The Beautiful and Damned by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
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