何時にない

何時にない
いつにない【何時にない】
unusual; unwonted.

●彼はいつにないまじめな口調で話し始めた. He began to speak in an unusually [uncharacteristically] serious tone.

・父はいつにない母のはしゃぎようにびっくりしていた. Dad was taken aback at Mom's unusual high spirits.

・妻はいつにない派手な服装で出かけて行った. My wife went out wearing a much fancier dress than she is accustomed to.

いつになく unusually; unwontedly; more…than ever before.

●いつになく優しい言葉をかける speak to sb more kindly than usual

・彼はいつになく元気がなかった. He was in unusually low spirits.

・彼はいつになく機嫌が悪かった. He was in an unusually foul mood.

・その日, 妹はいつになく早起きした. That day my little sister got up very early, which wasn't at all like her.


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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