exotically
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5.8
- adverb
- /ɪɡˈzɑːtɪkli/
:
exóticamente
- The festival featured exotically inspired dishes from around the world, delighting all the guests.
- exotically shaped
- exotically beautiful
- exotically named
Examples
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The muscles of his upper back, black and shiny with sweat, fanned out exotically with the effort, like the hood of a cobra or the shell of a crab.
Fiction book (1999) -
With exotically interwoven guitars, crashing and swelling bass, and dynamic wave-like drums, the song is superb to all of my senses.
Blog text (25) -
Not cruelly, though it began that way, but exotically.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'll teach underprivileged children how to sing or I'll dance exotically.
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He brought a book over, and we looked at exotically robed families.
Fiction book (1997) -
She wears jewelry, but she never appears to be dressed up exotically.
Academic text (2002) -
She has the face of a Modigliani, exotically crooked, long and pale, cow-eyed.
Fiction book (2001) -
She bought a traveler's phrase book in the Five and Ten and set herself to learning the alphabet, loving the beautiful, exotically shaped letters and the thrilling foreign sounds.
Fiction book (1992) -
She wore an exotically patterned dress that captured everyone's attention at the party.
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The garden was designed with exotically shaped plants, creating a unique atmosphere for visitors.
Synonyms
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4.4
In a strange or unexpected way
3
5.9
In a way that shows a person or place's own style
1
8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
1
8.2
In a way that is not normal or expected
1
7.2
In a way that is different from what most people do
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7.3
In a way that is different from what most people expect
In a way that seems not familiar or comes from another country
In a way that is not known or usual
Antonyms
How Exotic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word exotically comes from the Greek root exo- meaning 'outside' or 'from abroad', so at first it meant 'from another place'. That's why when something is described as exotically it looks unusual or attractive, like it comes from a foreign land.