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freak·ish

(frē′kĭsh)

adj.

1. Markedly unusual or abnormal; strange: freakish weather; a freakish combination of styles.

2. Relating to or being a freak: a freakish extra toe.

3. Capricious or whimsical.

freak′ish·ly adv.

freak′ish·ness n.

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Adv.

freakishly - unpredictably; "the weather has been freakishly variable"

capriciously

Translations

con stravaganza

freakishly

adv warm → abnorm; early also → überraschend; bounce, deviate → verrückt (inf), → unberechenbar, launisch

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freakishly

[ˈfriːkɪʃlɪ] adv → stranamente

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