ANOMALOUS in a Sentence

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If he did not have a common soul in him, he had a subtle something that somehow anomalously did its duty.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANOMALOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
anomalous
 a.  deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
Classic Sentence:
1  Physiognomically regarded, the Sperm Whale is an anomalous creature.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
2  A person on a heath in raiment of modern cut and colours has more or less an anomalous look.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 1 A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression
3  If he did not have a common soul in him, he had a subtle something that somehow anomalously did its duty.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter.
Example Sentence:
1  He was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures which he despised.
2  He is in an anomalous position as the only part-time worker in the firm.