bizarrely
12
4.4
- adverb
- /bɪˈzɑrli/
:
extrañamente
- And yeah, I bizarrely have found myself much more comfortable returning to industry.
- bizarrely shaped
And 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
-
Bizarrely, some people are convinced flying saucers are hidden away in a network of underwater tunnels called blue holes.
-
Oh my God, this is bizarrely complicated.
-
Trump has been bizarrely quiet the last few weeks.
-
But these are actually like bizarrely similar.
-
No, I feel good, actually, bizarrely good.
-
Brian, that is bizarrely sweet of you and completely unnecessary.
-
Bizarrely, this baby lark seems to suit her.
-
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
190
3.2
In an unusual or unexpected way
150
3.4
In a strange or unexpected way
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
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
1
8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
1
8.2
In a way that is not normal or expected
1
8.3
In a strange way that feels odd
1
7.0
In a strange way that feels like a dream
1
7.8
Makes something seem strange and dreamlike
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
1
8.1
In an unusual way that is not normal
In a very strange way that feels surprising
Antonyms
How Strange
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.