unusual
adjective
not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional.
unusually
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a word derived from
unusual.
Example Sentences
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After a mild winter, glaciers had less snow cover than usual at the end of April - and an unusually early heatwave the following month accelerated the melting of snow.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
A hammerhead shark paid a rare visit to the Southern California coast this week in what is likely a predictable outcome of unusually warm ocean temperatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The interview offered an unusually personal look at an official better known for managing an increasingly complicated portfolio of international crises and national security issues.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
El Nino, a natural climate pattern when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, tends to promote hurricane activity in the Pacific while suppressing it in the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
It had been an unusually warm October, and his window was still open.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
