freakishly

/ˈfɹikɪʃli/ adv

In a freakish manner.

Word Origin Freak comes from Old English freca 'bold warrior, greedy man' — quite a shift from its modern sense of something bizarre. The adverb freakishly describes something done in a strange, abnormal way. The original sense of 'bold' faded, but you can still see the idea of standing out.

adv In a freakish manner.

The weather changed freakishly from sunny to stormy in minutes.

(副词) 反常地;怪异地;离奇地

天气怪异地在几分钟内从晴天变为暴风雨。

(adverbio) de manera extraña; anormalmente; raramente [De manera extraña o anormal.]

El clima cambió de manera insólita de soleado a tormentoso en cuestión de minutos.

(adverbe) étrangement; bizarrement; curieusement; anormalement [D'une manière étrange et imprévisible, qui sort de l'ordinaire.]

Le temps a changé freakishly de l'ensoleillement à la tempête en quelques minutes.

(Adverb) unheimlich; absonderlich [auf eine ungewöhnliche, bizarre oder unberechenbare Weise; wie etwas, das von der Norm abweicht]

Das Wetter schlug **freakishly** von sonnig zu stürmisch um, innerhalb weniger Minuten.

(副詞) 異常なほど、風変わりな様子で。

天候は数分間で晴れから嵐へと異常に変化した。

(advérbio) estranhamente; esquisitamente; bizaramente [De modo estranho ou bizarro; de maneira incomum.]

O tempo mudou de forma bizarra de ensolarado para tempestuoso em minutos.

Word parts: freak + ish + ly

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