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Origin of normal
OTHER WORDS FROM normal
Other definitions for normal (2 of 2)
Normal
[ nawr-muhl ]
/ ˈnɔr məl /
noun
a city in central Illinois.
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How to use normal in a sentence
In a way it stunned her, just as the approaching storm made her unnormal, unlike herself.
The Angel of Pain|E. F. BensonThe small muscles about his eyes puckered with an unnormal tension while the rest of his face held its death frost.
There is a Reaper ...|Charles V. De Vet
British Dictionary definitions for normal
normal
/ (ˈnɔːməl) /
adjective
noun
Derived forms of normal
normality (nɔːˈmælɪtɪ) or esp US normalcy, nounWord Origin for normal
C16: from Latin normālis conforming to the carpenter's square, from norma norm
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