I. |ən+ adjective
1. : not ordinarily encountered : infrequent , rare
during the worst of the blitz, it was no uncommon experience for him to hear a nearby building collapse — Current Biography
2. : more than ordinary : unusually large or great
has been doing an uncommon amount of business — New York Times
3. : remarkable in character, quality, or kind : exceptional , outstanding
it was to the uncommon character and ability of his mother that … he owed the greatest debt — C.A.Dinsmore
• un·com·mon·ly adverb
• un·com·mon·ness noun
II. adverb
chiefly dialect : uncommonly
the route back … was uncommon hard — Bernard DeVoto