aberrantly

In strange fashion

In a way that deviates from what is normal, expected, or typical.

The adverb often appears in scientific or medical contexts: The cells were dividing aberrantly.

More broadly, it describes any departure from standard behavior or form: He had been acting aberrantly for weeks before anyone intervened.

deviation

anomalously

In an atypical manner

abnormally · strangely · oddly · peculiarly · unexpectedly · freakishly · singularly · curiously · remarkably · extraordinarily

defiance

transgressively

In rule-breaking fashion

heretically · radically · mutinously · contrarily · unorthodoxly · perversely · waywardly · obstinately · recalcitrantly · disobediently

eccentricity

unconventionally

In a nonstandard way

fancifully · capriciously · flamboyantly · originally · individualistically · eccentrically · outlandishly · unpredictably · erratically · distinctively

Opposites
conformity to norms/expectations

aberrantlynormally

In the usual manner

typically · usually · ordinarily · conventionally · regularly

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