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uncommon (iou)



uncommon adjective & adverb. M16.
[from UN-1 + COMMON adjective & adverb.]
A. adjective.
1. Not possessed in common. rare. Only in M16.
2. Not commonly (to be) met with; not of ordinary occurrence; unusual, rare; exceptional in kind or quality. E17.
G. Berkeley Nor is it an uncommon thing to behold ignorance and zeal united in men. F. Hoyle Such globules are not uncommon in the Milky Way. M. Warner Tommaso had uncommon eyes, neither blue nor grey.
3. Unusual in amount, extent, or degree; remarkably great. E18.
J. A. Froude He was a man of uncommon power.
B. adverb. Uncommonly. arch. & dial. L18.
uncommonly adverb in an uncommon degree; unusually;
not uncommonly, not rarely, fairly often: M18.
uncommonness [-n-n-] noun E18.