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UNCOMMONLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exceptionally
Example:
a common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find
Classified under:
Pertainym:
uncommon (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind)
Context examples:
It is to be uncommonly dreadful.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
He seems an excellent man; and I think him uncommonly pleasing.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Letters, manuscripts, books, and bundles can be passed in there, and as each nation has a key, it will be uncommonly nice, I fancy.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
My aunt, being uncommonly neat and ingenious, made so many little improvements in our domestic arrangements, that I seemed to be richer instead of poorer.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
And yet I meant to be uncommonly clever in taking so decided a dislike to him, without any reason.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The house, too, as described by Sir John, was on so simple a scale, and the rent so uncommonly moderate, as to leave her no right of objection on either point; and, therefore, though it was not a plan which brought any charm to her fancy, though it was a removal from the vicinity of Norland beyond her wishes, she made no attempt to dissuade her mother from sending a letter of acquiescence.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
"Oh, really, I beg pardon. It's an uncommonly fine one, isn't it?" said Tudor, with great presence of mind, and an air of sober interest that did credit to his breeding.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“I suppose not,” returned my aunt, rather grudging the admission; “but it's very aggravating. However, she's Barkis now. That's some comfort. Barkis is uncommonly fond of you, Trot.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Upon my honour, I never met with so many pleasant girls in my life as I have this evening; and there are several of them you see uncommonly pretty.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Elinor and her mother rose up in amazement at their entrance, and while the eyes of both were fixed on him with an evident wonder and a secret admiration which equally sprung from his appearance, he apologized for his intrusion by relating its cause, in a manner so frank and so graceful that his person, which was uncommonly handsome, received additional charms from his voice and expression.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
