strangely
- adverb
- /ˈstreɪndʒli/
- She was acting strangely during the meeting, making everyone feel uncomfortable.
- strangely enough
- seem strangely
- strangely silent
I think I'm most famous for, strangely enough, playing music.
- I think I'm most famous for, strangely enough, playing music.
- There is something that people strangely identify with, even kids.
- The nicer you are to people, strangely, the better you feel yourself.
- And suddenly there are these things complete and by themselves and strangely separate from me.
- I did like In Billions that the characters were strangely a little more relatable.
- So although it's a really strangely shaped blush brush, it's it's good.
- Moving away feels so strangely simple, right?
- And then And then Thank You for Smoking was strangely paid for by the PayPal mafia.
- And so the next morning, the separation was still there, strangely so.
- The other extreme that could happen is that they are sort of strangely obsessed with your partner.
- So whales strangely had hips and their legs.
Examples
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Uncle Jack seems strangely agitated.
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I do find myself strangely attracted to you, Mr. Taransky.
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And it was like, strangely enough, very exciting.
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Moving away feels so strangely simple, right?
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And the things that she started telling me were just very strangely personal.
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It's like the future is almost strangely real.
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Yet I find you strangely attractive.
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There's something about us that is strangely attracted to that thought.
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Australians are strangely quiet in crowds.
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After Miriam fought with Moses, she lost her status, but strangely, that loss was a gain.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
In a strange or unexpected way
In a way that is strange and hard to understand
In a strange or unexpected way
In a way that cannot be explained or understood
In a way that is not normal or usual
In a very unusual and surprising way
In a way that seems strange or not natural
Shows that something is strange or surprising
In a way that is strange, surprising, and hard to explain
In a strange way that people notice
In a way that is not normal or expected
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
In a way that is not usual
In a strange way that feels odd
In a way that people cannot understand
In an unusual way that is not normal
In a way that is different from what most people expect
In an odd, playful way that shows personal style
In a very strange way that feels surprising
In a way that is not usual or expected
Antonyms
How Strange
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Strangely comes from an old word that meant 'outside' or 'foreign', the same idea you see in extra. So, when something happens strangely, it is outside the usual and feels 'unusual' or 'unexpected'.