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unexceptionally

unexceptionally

4.4
In a normal way with no surprises
  • adverb
  • /ˌʌnɪkˈsɛpʃənəli/
translation icon : normalmente
  • He delivered an unexceptionally polished presentation that met all the standard expectations.

Examples

  • While it doubtless pleased this student with the unexceptionally pretty face, it also lessened me in her eyes.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The hotel was unexceptionally comfortable, offering basic amenities without any extra flair.

  • His writing was, all of it, unexceptionally canny rhetoric with a populist feel, though it was also, almost all of it, beyond popular reading.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The behavioral revolution drew on a reformist liberalism that seemed to its devotees to dovetail unexceptionally with their "empiricism." 19

    Academic text (1995)
  • Iran is not, despite common depictions, a messianic power determined to overturn the regional order in the name of Islamic militancy; it is an unexceptionally opportunistic state seeking to assert predominance in its immediate neighborhood.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The movie was enjoyable but unexceptionally so; it did not stand out from similar films.

Antonyms

184 3.5

To a very unusual or surprising degree

80 4.1

To a much higher level than usual

How Remarkable

exceptionally
80 4.1
notably
101 3.5
unexceptionally
4.4
ordinarily
78 3.0

Surface Forms

unexceptionally positive

Morphology

unexceptionally = unexceptional (transparent) = un + exception + al + ly

Formed regularly by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'unexceptional', so the adverbial meaning is predictable.

Etymology

Unexceptionally starts with un- meaning 'not' and comes from exceptional, which means 'standing out' or 'unusual'. So unexceptionally means 'not standing out', that is, 'ordinary' or 'normal'.