bizarrely
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4.4
- adverb
- /bɪˈzɑrli/
- And yeah, I bizarrely have found myself much more comfortable returning to industry.
- bizarrely shaped
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Watch on YouTubeAnd even more bizarrely, that's not the end of it either.
- And even more bizarrely, that's not the end of it either.
- And this person is so bizarrely loyal that they never will do that.
- The concept of just another one of those, I think, is it's bizarrely easy to miss in your book.
- And it is MAGA, JK Rowling, and bizarrely now Bill Maher.
- Silent, buoyant, bizarrely benign relics of an outmoded design.
- But then day three, the Nazis, bizarrely, were the most polite and the most sort of emotionally available.
- She wants his clothes, his books, his record collection, and bizarrely, his wedding ring for the baby to feel connected to its father.
- Perhaps most bizarrely, that's how you do it.
- Actually, most bizarrely of all, some of the most prominent women members of the BUF were former suffragettes.
Examples
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Bizarrely, some people are convinced flying saucers are hidden away in a network of underwater tunnels called blue holes.
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Oh my God, this is bizarrely complicated.
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Trump has been bizarrely quiet the last few weeks.
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But these are actually like bizarrely similar.
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No, I feel good, actually, bizarrely good.
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Brian, that is bizarrely sweet of you and completely unnecessary.
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Bizarrely, this baby lark seems to suit her.
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Somewhat bizarrely, even as amphibians decline, their known diversity is increasing.
Academic text (2007) -
Here was part of Amber's face, the brown eye and rosy cheek looking bizarrely cheerful.
Fiction book (1999) -
The magician performed bizarrely, leaving the audience in disbelief at his strange tricks.
Synonyms
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3.4
In a strange or unexpected way
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3.2
In an unusual or unexpected way
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4.1
In a strange or unexpected way
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3.5
In a strange or unexpected way
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4.6
In a way that is not normal or usual
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7.7
In a very unusual and surprising way
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5.3
Shows that something is strange or surprising
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6.9
In a way that is strange, surprising, and hard to explain
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6.2
In a strange way that people notice
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8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
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8.2
In a way that is not normal or expected
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8.3
In a strange way that feels odd
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7.0
In a strange way that feels like a dream
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7.3
In a way that is different from what most people expect
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8.1
In an unusual way that is not normal
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7.8
Makes something seem strange and dreamlike
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6.8
In an odd, playful way that shows personal style
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6.3
In a very strange way that feels surprising
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Etymology
Bizarrely comes from bizarre, a French word for 'strange' that may come from an old Italian word bizarro meaning 'odd' or from Basque bizar meaning 'beard'. A helpful image is someone with a very strange beard, so bizarrely means 'in a very strange or unexpected way'.