Literary notes about Anomalous (AI summary)
In literature, “anomalous” is often used to flag things that stand out as irregular, peculiar, or exceptional. Writers employ it to describe unusual circumstances or conditions, whether referring to a striking deviation in legal or political situations, as seen in the depiction of an “anomalous empire” or legal construct [1, 2], or to characterize individuals and phenomena that defy societal or natural norms [3, 4]. The adjective also appears in contexts that call attention to odd physical characteristics or surprising occurrences—from the mysterious quality of supernatural beings and bizarre creatures [5, 6] to the unexpected twists in relationships or events [7, 8]. In each case, “anomalous” serves not only as a marker of strangeness but also as a device that prompts readers to question the status quo, setting the stage for further inquiry into the nature of the subject at hand.
- Mr. Vansittart, the Governor, was at the head of a new and anomalous empire.
— from Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron - And such is indeed the anomalous condition of the law, both as it reads and as it works.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 25, April 1877 to September 1877 by Various - An anomalous class of mortals these poor Hired Killers!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - ‘She must be a very anomalous sort of woman, at that rate.’
— from The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters by Thomas Hardy - Giants, dwarfs, cannibals, spirits, beasts, birds, and anomalous monsters, transformations, tricks, and sorcery, form the staple of the story.
— from France and England in North America, Part II: The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Francis Parkman - A curious and anomalous fish, called Coccodus armatus , is found at Hakel.
— from The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon by Habeeb Risk Allah - To sound a man as to 'his intentions' was peculiarly unpleasant to him; nor did his own anomalous position diminish this unpleasantness.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy - The whole business is in such an anomalous position with us.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy
