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VOCABULARY
やけに
ya
や
ke
け
ni
に
awfully / terribly / unusually
awfully, terribly, unusually, excessively, strikingly
adverb
Example sentences
今きょ日うはやけに道みちが混こんでいる。
The roads are unusually crowded today.
彼かの女じょはやけに機き嫌げんがいい。
She is in a strikingly good mood.
この部へ屋やはやけに暑あつく感かんじる。
This room feels awfully hot.
彼かれはやけに細こまかいことを気きにする。
He worries excessively about small details.

Practice exercises

1
今日きょうはやけに暑あついね。
It's unusually hot today.
Answer
やけに
2
今日きょうは平日へいじつなのに、駅前えきまえがやけに混こんでいた。
Even though it's a weekday today, the area in front of the station was strikingly crowded.
Answer
やけに
3
彼かれは普段ふだんから物静ものしずかな人ひとだが、今日きょうはやけに口数くちかずが少すくなかった。
He's usually a quiet person, but today he was unusually taciturn.
Answer
やけに
4
最近さいきん、彼かれはやけに元気げんきがないように見みえる。
Lately, he seems unusually out of spirits.
Answer
やけに
5
今夜こんやは星ほしがやけに多おおい。
There are awfully many stars tonight.
Answer
やけに