oddly
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, enough, familiar, warm, young
VERB + ODDLY
behaving, felt, looking
ODDLY + NOUN
gesture, i've, lords, lunch, tom, waterways, yanni
PREP.
about, in
ADV.
brotherly, suddenly
Definitions
adv
In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
For December, it was oddly warm.
Novv, Sir, vvhen my Time comes, leſt they ſhou'd think it vvorth vvhile to handle my Memory vvith the ſame Freedom, I am vvilling to prevent its being ſo odly beſmear'd (or at beſt but flatly vvhite-vvash'd) by taking upon me to give the Publick This, as true a Picture of myſelf as natural Vanity vvill permit me to dravv; […]
In a manner measured by an odd number.
The oddly counted lords are always out of sync with at least one other evenly counted cycle. These two strange counts assured that at no single moment could all cycles end at the same time for an extraordinarily long time, for at least one odd count threw off all the even ones.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adverb — in a manner differing from the usual or expected
- inexplicably
- curiously
- peculiarly
adverb — in a strange manner
- queerly
- strangely
- funnily
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6For December, it was oddly warm.
WiktionaryNovv, Sir, vvhen my Time comes, leſt they ſhou'd think it vvorth vvhile to handle my Memory vvith the ſame Freedom, I am vvilling to prevent its being ſo odly beſmear'd (or at beſt but flatly vvhite-v
WiktionaryThe oddly counted lords are always out of sync with at least one other evenly counted cycle. These two strange counts assured that at no single moment could all cycles end at the same time for an extr
WiktionaryThe wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.
Tatoeba · #2000Oddly enough, he insisted on his innocence.
Tatoeba · #20627In an oddly brotherly drunken gesture, Cole tried to give his roommate a noogie.
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