outlandishly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Somewhere between a yearning for motherhood and a woman’s understandable hesitation about it is where the bulk of O’Hara’s onscreen interpretations lived — confidently, outlandishly, and except for Kate, clad in eccentricity.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
But he was also given to statements that his detractors saw as outlandishly wrongheaded and dangerously incendiary.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
Michél said he and White traveled to one such party together, an outlandishly extravagant birthday bash in 2012 that Low threw for himself in Las Vegas.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023
It seemed an outlandishly large number at the time, but Moore was right on target.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023
Ged was richly and outlandishly dressed in fur and silk and silver, but the clothes were torn and stiff with sea-salt, and he stood gaunt and stooped, his hair lank about his scarred face.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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