surreally
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7.0
- adverb
- /sɜːrˈɛli/
- The sculpture was surreally large, creating an illusion of it looming over the entire park.
- so surreally
Examples
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The story of Savile's abuse was eventually picked up by ITV and has come, almost surreally, to dominate news in Britain over the past two months.
Blog text (13) -
To say that... there is huge room for improvement in the running of this hotel... would be to understate the surreally haphazard nature of your operation.
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We motor serenely, surreally, down the river, with no sign of human life on the banks.
Fiction book (1998) -
He was surreally perfect and was therefore worshipped and despised, often by the very same people.
Fiction book (1990) -
The mining area was ringed with lights that glared and shifted surreally on the monitors.
Fiction book (1994) -
The play they had seen had been by E. E. Cummings, enacted entirely upon a stage floor slanted surreally towards the audience.
Fiction book (2000) -
THE BATMOBILE -- NIGHT Penguin's image on the spinning screen surreally cackles.
Fiction book (1992) -
There, a little surreally, Morrison appeared on the panel with his fictional foil, the actor who played the scientist warning everyone about the 2012 danger in that movie.
Blog text (6) -
The landscape looked surreally beautiful at sunset, as if it were painted by a dream.
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She felt surreally calm during the meditation, as if she were floating in a different world.
Synonyms
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3.4
In a strange or unexpected way
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3.2
In an unusual or unexpected way
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4.1
In a strange or unexpected way
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3.5
In a strange or unexpected way
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6.8
In a strange and frightening way
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7.7
In a very unusual and surprising way
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4.4
In a strange or unexpected way
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5.3
Shows that something is strange or surprising
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3.2
In a quiet, lost way that shows someone is thinking of pleasant things
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6.9
In a way that is strange, surprising, and hard to explain
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8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
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8.3
In a strange way that feels odd
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7.0
In a strange, frightening way that feels like a ghost
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5.7
In a way that shows imagination and looks unreal
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7.8
Makes something seem strange and dreamlike
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8.2
In a way that uses very bright colors and strange visual effects
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6.3
In a very strange way that feels surprising
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7.7
Happens only in your mind
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9.9
In a way that seems like a ghost or a dream
In a calm way as if lost in thought
Antonyms
How Surreal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word surreally comes from the French art word surreal, built from sur- meaning 'above' and real meaning 'real'. So, to call something surreally strange means it feels 'above' or beyond ordinary reality, like a dream.