unwontedly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In particular, she is recalling a carriage ride with her husband, who at the time seemed unwontedly cheerful; she leans forward, arms extended, as if trying to embrace the memory.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2015
The autopsy showed that many formerly immobile blood clots, set free by the unwontedly strong pumping action of the new heart, had traveled to his lungs and blocked circulation there.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mahogany Row, the third-floor executive corridor at American Motors Corp. in Detroit, has been unwontedly quiet since George Romney left the president's office last February to run for Governor of Michigan.
From Time Magazine Archive
England, for so many centuries "a nest of singing birds," finds herself today unwontedly in want of a great poet she can call her own.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had been educated unwontedly, and at least understood all that she had learned.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard
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