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斜めならず (nanamenarazu) Japanese meaning: unusually | Kotomora
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斜なな
め
なら
ず
素す
晴ば
らしかっ
た
。
His performance was extraordinarily wonderful.
Hearing the news, I was unusually surprised.
Kanji 斜 diagonal, slanting, oblique Related words 並なみ 々なみ ならぬ 並々ならぬ is a more common expression with a similar meaning of 'extraordinary' or 'uncommon', but 斜めならず is rarer and more literary.
非ひ 常じょう に 非常に is a standard neutral adverb for 'very' or 'extremely', while 斜めならず carries a more formal, emphatic, and slightly archaic tone.
Written forms 斜めならず
なのめならず
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana usage; this reading is out-dated.
Etymology Literally 'not slanting' or 'not half-hearted', from 斜め (slant, half-hearted) + ならず (classical negative of なる). The expression developed the meaning 'not ordinary' or 'extraordinary'.
