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Grammar : Adv
Spell : ik-sen-trik, ek-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsɛn trɪk, ɛk-



Definition of eccentrically

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Middle French eccentrique and directly from Medieval Latin eccentricus (noun and adjective; see eccentric (n.)). Figurative sense of "odd, whimsical" first recorded 1620s.
  • As in irregularly : adv intermittently
  • As in erratically : adv intermittently
  • As in inconsistently : adv unpredictably
  • As in peculiarly : adv oddly
Example sentences :
  • He was a man of few words, rough, ready, and eccentrically blunt.
  • Extract from : « Flora Lyndsay » by Susan Moodie
  • It is like a joint of venison on the spit, eccentrically fastened.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • Signor Marinetti, who is bilingual, is eccentrically amusing.
  • Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
  • Indeed, there are many who regard his principles as eccentrically fastidious.
  • Extract from : « The Odds » by Ethel M. Dell
  • His daughter Verona eccentrically took baths in the morning, now and then.
  • Extract from : « Babbitt » by Sinclair Lewis
  • It was a Gospel so eccentrically related to the accepted scheme of things that only he himself could accept it in its entirety.
  • Extract from : « Impressions And Comments » by Havelock Ellis
  • She was enormously tall and slim, and eccentrically clad in Oriental draperies of some sombre, richly patterned stuff.
  • Extract from : « Miss Million's Maid » by Bertha Ruck
  • The eccentrically elliptical pierces the epidermis at right angles, and lies perpendicularly in the dermis.
  • Extract from : « The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races » by Arthur, comte de Gobineau
  • I should not be so eccentrically spontaneous with these people, if they did not feed my sense of humour by their amazement.
  • Extract from : « Penelope's English Experiences » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • They were loaded centrally and eccentrically, and some were cased with a fireproof covering.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 » by Various

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