outlandishly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Somewhere between a yearning for motherhood and a woman’s understandable hesitation about it is where the bulk of O’Hara’s onscreen interpretations lived — confidently, outlandishly, and except for Kate, clad in eccentricity.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
Self-driving cars, human-like robots and AI chatbots all have been the subject of sometimes outlandishly exaggerated predictions and promises.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
“Nobody is using poultry to trick someone into marrying them,” Leive said, “but I do think that there’s something about chicken. It’s not outlandishly expensive, it cuts across cultures, feels homey.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2023
But he was also given to statements that his detractors saw as outlandishly wrongheaded and dangerously incendiary.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
Ged was richly and outlandishly dressed in fur and silk and silver, but the clothes were torn and stiff with sea-salt, and he stood gaunt and stooped, his hair lank about his scarred face.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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