epätavallisella

Epätavallisella is the adessive singular form of the Finnish adjective epätavallinen, which means "unusual" or "not ordinary." It is used to describe something in the adessive case, most commonly in phrases that express manner, such as epätavallisella tavalla meaning "in an unusual way."

Meaning and usage: The root adjective epätavallinen is built from the negative prefix ep- (epä-) attached to tavallinen, meaning "ordinary" or "usual." Hence epätavallinen denotes something that is not ordinary. Adjective forms agree with the noun in number and case, so epätavallisella appears when describing a singular noun in the adessive case, or in fixed expressions like epätavallisella tavalla.

Nuances and synonyms: Epätavallinen is relatively neutral and descriptive; stronger terms include poikkeuksellinen ("exceptional") and erikoinen ("peculiar" or "strange"). The form epätavallisella is common in written Finnish, journalism, and everyday speech when pointing to something atypical or out of the ordinary.

Examples: Se tapahtui epätavallisella tavalla. This demonstrates the adessive and means "It happened in an unusual way." Sääolosuhteet muuttuivat epätavallisella tavalla, meaning "The weather conditions changed in an unusual way." Another example: Hän reagoi epätavallisella tavalla, meaning "He reacted in an unusual way." These usages illustrate how epätavallisella functions within adessive constructions to modify manner or circumstances.