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  • adverb In a way or to an extent that is surreal

Etymologies

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surreal +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Ori Brafman, co-author with brother Rom of the new book "Click: The Magic of Instant Connections," said the concept "seems really tragic, kind of surreally tragic" in ways that sex services don't because it represents the worst kind of social isolation.

    Rent A Friend Website Lets You Buy A Buddy 2010

  • Connections, "said the concept" seems really tragic, kind of surreally tragic "in ways that sex services don't because it symbolizes the worst kind of social isolation.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • Connections, "said the concept" seems really tragic, kind of surreally tragic "in ways that sex services don't because it represents the worst kind of social isolation.

    KTVZ.com - Local Headlines 2010

  • For anyone who wasn't alive or politically aware during the Reagan years and has any curiosity about them, I wrote a book in 1989 that conveys, on a day-by-day basis, what it was surreally like.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • For anyone who wasn't alive or politically aware during the Reagan years and has any curiosity about them, I wrote a book in 1989 that conveys, on a day-by-day basis, what it was surreally like.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • It's Carnival season here, surreally enough, and one of the features of Carnival during years of political repression was that veiled protest songs were allowed to pass as celebratory street music.

    Beverly Bell: In Haiti, "We Will Never Fall Asleep Forgetting" Beverly Bell 2011

  • For anyone who wasn't alive or politically aware during the Reagan years and has any curiosity about them, I wrote a book in 1989 that conveys, on a day-by-day basis, what it was surreally like.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • For anyone who wasn't alive or politically aware during the Reagan years and has any curiosity about them, I wrote a book in 1989 that conveys, on a day-by-day basis, what it was surreally like.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • For anyone who wasn't alive or politically aware during the Reagan years and has any curiosity about them, I wrote a book in 1989 that conveys, on a day-by-day basis, what it was surreally like.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • For anyone who wasn't alive or politically aware during the Reagan years and has any curiosity about them, I wrote a book in 1989 that conveys, on a day-by-day basis, what it was surreally like.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

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