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Synonyms for eccentrically
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : ik-sen-trik, ek- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsɛn trɪk, ɛk- |
Top 10 synonyms for eccentrically
- any which way
- anyhow
- at intervals
- by fits and starts
- by turns
- capriciously
- differently
- disconnectedly
- eccentrically
- helter-skelter
- illogically
- in snatches
- jerkily
- now and again
- occasionally
- off and on
- out of sequence
- periodically
- queerly
- slapdash
- spasmodically
- uncertainly
- uncommonly
- unmethodically
- unpunctually
- unusually
- willy-nilly
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for eccentrically
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