Anomalous
Anomalous adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Usage example: that was an anomalous year for the housing industry, so the number of starts is anything but typical
Strange is a synonym for anomalous in usual topic. In some cases you can use "Strange" instead an adjective "Anomalous", when it comes to topics like abnormal, aberrant.
Nearby Words: anomaly, anomalously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irregular and anomalous
- irregular and strange
- exceptional and anomalous
- exceptional and strange
- singular and anomalous
- singular and strange
- eccentric and anomalous
- eccentric and strange
- unnatural and anomalous
- unnatural and strange
- queer and anomalous
- queer and strange
- abnormal and anomalous
- abnormal and strange
Both words in one sentence
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Halfway between complete credulity of the New Age sort and militant scepticism of the James Randi variety, FT gathers in and recounts strange and anomalous events from around the world, and discusses their validity or otherwise in a very serious and readable way.
Source: World of Weirdness -
There is a place on Koba Plateau that is surrounded by a Cordon and has some anomalous places with strange artifacts various characters try to recover for profit.
Source: Video Game / Allods Online -
During the ensuing chase, Aida happens upon a strange cat PC by the username of Hermit, who's looking for something...It comes to a head when the chase lands them somewhere strange — an anomalous area called the Digital Prison, where Eri and a few others are PK'd and sent into a coma.
Source: Anime / .hack//Quantum
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