atypically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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 Literature
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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.
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
Wholesale lobster prices have been atypically high for nearly a year, but this month’s price drop brings prices closer to historical norms.
From Washington Times
As he did so, even in an atypically sedate manner, he demonstrated the peculiar way he encounters the world — as luminary and aggrieved party rolled into one.
From Seattle Times
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