freakishly
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7.7
- adverb
- /ˈfriːkɪʃli/
- His freakishly fast reflexes helped him win the game.
- freakishly tall
- freakishly large
- freakishly long
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Watch on YouTubeSo there are layers and layers and layers of freakishly worrying stuff about this, right?
- So there are layers and layers and layers of freakishly worrying stuff about this, right?
- And So what that tells me is that, you know, they're recognizing, yeah, it's been a freakishly good run for PE.
- But you've been on teams where the preparation is freakishly good and I bet you've been on teams where it's like, so, so, right.
- We are somehow seating people who are so nihilistic and so freakishly divorced from anything that we should be able to assume as a default.
Examples
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Why are your hands so freakishly big?
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Well, the most impressive thing about this explainer is your freakishly fast reflexes.
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And some of them are freakishly good.
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I have freakishly strong teeth.
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This shade is so freakishly beautiful.
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At our house, we have an apple tree that produces freakishly large apples.
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It's really awesome, except it's freakishly addictive.
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Fast, fearsome, and freakishly talented, Frankel has been retired.
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His nickname is "The Spider," due to his sneaky attack style and freakishly long limbs.
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All right, closer to home, you're driving on a road you've never seen before, and there's a freakishly good string of songs on the radio.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
148
3.4
In a strange or unexpected way
147
3.2
In an unusual or unexpected way
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
130
2.3
In a way that causes surprise or wonder
107
3.3
More than normal or expected
98
3.7
In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible
61
5.9
In a very surprising way that seems impossible
36
4.1
In a strange or unexpected way
33
3.5
In a strange or unexpected way
30
2.8
In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe
20
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
18
4.6
In a way that is not normal or usual
16
5.2
To a very great degree
12
4.4
In a strange or unexpected way
10
5.3
To a much higher level than usual
9
5.3
Shows that something is strange or surprising
8
4.7
In a wild and foolish way
7
7.7
In a very strange and ugly way that feels shocking
7
5.6
In a way that makes people feel very surprised
6
4.3
Making people feel very surprised
5
6.9
In a way that is strange, surprising, and hard to explain
3
8.4
In a way that is very surprising and hard to understand
2
6.2
In a strange way that people notice
1
8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
1
8.2
In a way that is so great it cannot be understood or believed
1
8.2
In a way that is not normal or expected
1
7.0
In a strange, frightening way that feels like a ghost
1
8.1
In an unusual way that is not normal
1
6.8
In an odd, playful way that shows personal style
1
6.3
In a very strange way that feels surprising
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Etymology
Freakishly comes from the common word freak, which means 'very strange' or 'unexpected', plus the endings -ish and -ly that make it describe how something happens. So, to say someone is 'freakishly strong' is to say they are strangely or unusually strong.