UNCOMMONLY

uncommonly

(adverb) exceptionally; “a common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

uncommonly (comparative more uncommonly, superlative most uncommonly)

To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.

Not often; on rare occasions.

Synonyms

• (to an uncommon degree): atypically, unwontedly; see also unusually

• (not often): sometimes, sporadically; see also occasionally

Source: Wiktionary


UNCOMMON

Un*com"mon, a.

Definition: Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

Syn.

– Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted.

– Un*com"mon*ly, adv.

– Un*com"mon*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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