oddly
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3.4
- adverb
- /ˈɑdli/
:
extrañamente
- Oddly enough, it didn't improve the relations between the two schools.
- oddly enough
- seem oddly
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- I don't know, it kind of just oddly rubbed me the wrong way.
- And they're they're oddly on beat, too.
- I like all types of Donuts, but I oddly love just plain cake Donuts.
- So oddly enough, even with all of this.
- I, I had an oddly similar experience.
- And even this truck had a couple slightly oddly shaped gaps.
- Vanilla extract and oddly enough, olive oil, which is fun.
- Why is it that all these cult leaders are short, oddly proportioned men?
Examples
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But the freedom of living on my own was oddly pleasant.
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While we can follow the classical stories, their parts often seem to be oddly ordered.
Academic text (1999) -
This right here because it's just really oddly perfect.
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So oddly enough, even with all of this.
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I, I had an oddly similar experience.
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Oddly enough, the audience seemed to like it.
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I gained the freshman five last year, and oddly enough, a lot of it went to my legs.
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It is oddly quiet up on the walls here.
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But there was something oddly comforting about them being there, despite their own troubles.
Fiction book (1990) -
The results of the experiment were oddly unexpected, puzzling the researchers.
Synonyms
190
3.2
In an unusual or unexpected way
106
3.3
More than normal or expected
67
4.6
In a way that is strange and hard to understand
35
3.5
In a strange or unexpected way
31
4.1
In a strange or unexpected way
17
4.6
In a way that is not normal or usual
14
7.7
In a very unusual and surprising way
12
4.4
In a strange or unexpected way
12
4.7
In a way that seems strange or not natural
10
5.3
To a much higher level than usual
9
5.3
Shows that something is strange or surprising
5
6.9
In a way that is strange, surprising, and hard to explain
3
6.2
In a strange way that people notice
3
7.9
In a way that seems out of place for the situation
1
8.2
In a way that is not normal or expected
1
8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
1
8.3
In a strange way that feels odd
1
8.1
In an unusual way that is not normal
1
6.8
In an odd, playful way that shows personal style
1
7.3
In a way that is different from what most people expect
In a very strange way that feels surprising
In a funny, strange way that makes people laugh
Antonyms
How Strange
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word oddly comes from odd, which first meant a single thing 'left over' or 'not paired', like an 'odd' sock or an 'odd' number. That idea of being 'left out' grew into 'strange' or 'unusual', so oddly means 'in a strange, unusual, or unexpected way'.