| ADJECTIVE | all | unusual | not usual or common or ordinary |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | unusual, strange | being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected | |
| all | unusual | not commonly encountered |
| Sounds | ahnyuw'zhahwahl; ahnyuw'zhuwahl; ahnyuw'zhwahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | not usual or common or ordinary. | |
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| Attribute of | usualness | commonness by virtue of not being unusual |
| Narrower | different | differing from all others |
| extraordinary | (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials | |
| odd | not easily explained | |
| out-of-the-way, out of the way, out of the ordinary | Out of the ordinary | |
| peculiar | markedly different from the usual | |
| unaccustomed | not customary or usual | |
| unique | Highly unusual or rare but not the single instance | |
| See also | extraordinary | Beyond what is ordinary or usual / usual |
| uncommon | not common or ordinarily encountered | |
| Opposite | usual | Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure |
| Spanish | excepcional, extraordinario, insólito, inusual | |
| Catalan | excepcional, extraordinari, insòlit, inusual | |
| Nouns | unusualness | uncommonness by virtue of being unusual |
| Adverbs | unusually | to a remarkable degree or extent |
| Meaning | definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird. | |
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| Synonym | strange | |
| Narrower | antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque | ludicrously odd |
| crazy | bizarre or fantastic | |
| curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular | Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | |
| eerie, eery | inspiring a feeling of fear | |
| exotic | strikingly strange or unusual | |
| freaky | strange and somewhat frightening | |
| gothic | Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque | |
| oddish | Somewhat strange | |
| other | Very unusual | |
| quaint | strange in an interesting or pleasing way | |
| quaint | Very strange or unusual | |
| weird | strikingly odd or unusual | |
| Opposite | familiar | Within normal everyday experience |
| Spanish | curioso, extraño, insólito, inusitado, inusual, raro | |
| Catalan | estrany | |
| Nouns | unusualness | uncommonness by virtue of being unusual |
| Meaning | not commonly encountered. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "two-career families are no longer unusual" | |
| Broader | uncommon | not common or ordinarily encountered |
| Catalan | inusual | |
| Nouns | unusualness | uncommonness by virtue of being unusual |
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