A common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But the singular old man with the lank red face seemed to think uncommonly little of the short words. From Wordnik.com. [The Ball and the Cross] Reference
The daughters are described as uncommonly beautiful, intelligent, sprightly, and agreeable. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Goldsmith A Biography] Reference
"It struck me that those jokes of yours were in what you would call uncommonly bad form," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Portage] Reference
They were what the Yankees would call uncommonly "cute," and much too deeply intent on business to indulge in play. From Wordnik.com. [The Lifeboat] Reference
Freeman is universally described as uncommonly smart, and even a cursory examination of his writing easily confirms that assessment. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He says that nature has been uncommonly bountiful to this actor. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
Leonard walked toward the uncommonly thick copse of trees and brush. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind in the Woods] Reference
And Snowe is actually uncommonly willing to vote with the other side. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Crist: A puzzle wrapped in an enigma shrouded in mystery] Reference
The Red-eyed Vireo has been uncommonly reported from eastern Coahuila. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
If he has offended -- and if he hasn't the seeming was uncommonly good!. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The Rufous-capped Atlapetes occurs uncommonly in southeastern Coahuila. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
I don't know if I looked what I felt, -- if I did, I looked uncommonly blank. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The bee's buzzing seemed amplified, and the trickle of water was uncommonly loud. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Edna's Lace] Reference
But an uncommonly egregious case of biased reporting requires this public rebuke. From Wordnik.com. [Ed Chen: Cap and Trade Wasn't Castle's Undoing] Reference
But if someone does break the telecom deadlock, the result may be uncommonly good. From Wordnik.com. [Stuck In Time] Reference
Having little time allowed him, his march was uncommonly spirited and expeditious. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
"It must be allowed that the winter that year was uncommonly long" is all we hear. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
She looked grave, and her laughing sounded uncommonly like screaming, -- that was all. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
Ewell, and so witnessed the affair, uncommonly spirited, and creditable to both sides. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
It was so uncommonly proper that it seemed nearly bordering on the cold and heartless. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
Not that the child will probably prove an angel, or even an uncommonly interesting mortal. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
The Golden-fronted Woodpecker occurs throughout Coahuila, but uncommonly in the western part. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
Someone was singing, accompanied by an instrument resembling a guitar, -- singing uncommonly well. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The "apprenticeship" of children taken prisoners in the native wars was uncommonly like slave-owning. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
I daresay he didn't kill his wife; but something's happened to him, and she did die uncommonly sudden. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
He has not suffered as a result: the amount of virus circulating in his blood has remained uncommonly low. From Wordnik.com. [The Angry Prophet Is Dying] Reference
Peter's toes were uncommonly prolific, for there were nails enough in Europe, at the time of the Council of. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
A plain but uncommonly interesting tale of everyday life, describing the ups and downs of a boy book-agent. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
While farm stands call out their wares, other businesses take uncommonly more discreet approaches to signage. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Poses: Farm Stands of Long Island's North Fork] Reference
The day was uncommonly hot, the sun like fire, and water scarce along the road; and our men suffered greatly. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
'Well, the face is a man's -- of an uncommonly disagreeable type, of which the powers forbid that there are many!. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
As he emerged from the deep interior, I descried an uncommonly tall figure, bearing in his arms a young and living leopard. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
I would trust, -- unless I knew that he was on the job, -- which knowledge, in his case, would be uncommonly hard to attain. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
And lined with lights throughout, it's an uncommonly bright for a place where the windows are all two-way mirrors -- 119 of them. From Wordnik.com. [Roger Catlin: Inside the Big Brother House] Reference
In a town famous for its drabness, they're an attractive, poised, and uncommonly elegant pair — not unlike the new first couple. From Wordnik.com. [Independent’s Day] Reference
The ends of the fingers were uncommonly thick; they were red and swollen, and the knuckles were curiously marked with deep white scars. From Wordnik.com. [The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894] Reference
'Not only is it plain that no one lives in these charming apartments, but it looks to me uncommonly as if no one ever had lived in them.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
He was very tall, had a fine head, with an uncommonly long beard, and showed every indication of having been a grand specimen of his kind. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
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