inhumanly
- adverb
- /ɪnˈhjuːmənli/
:
sobrehumano
- Isaah's hands were inhumanly swift in his drugged fugue, and he came away with a handful of the skein.
Examples
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The delivery service was inhumanly fast, bringing packages to customers within minutes.
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It made Angel inhumanly strong.
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So when we lived for two out of the past three years in infernally hot places, inhumanly humid places,
Blog text (31) -
For a moment he had felt inhumanly strong and broad, as though he were full of air, as though he were immensely broad-shouldered, as though he were larger than anyone else ever.
Fiction book (1994) -
The athlete's inhumanly strong performance left everyone in awe at the competition.
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During the heatwave, the temperatures felt inhumanly high, making it unbearable to be outdoors.
Synonyms
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6.5
In a way that shocks people because it is too large or unfair
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8.0
In a way much stronger, faster, or more energetic than a normal person
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6.7
In a way that is very strong or extreme
How Extreme
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inhumanly is made of in- 'not', human 'person', and -ly 'in a way', so a helpful way to remember this sense is to think of something done 'not in a human way' — that is, beyond what people can normally do or done to an extreme degree.