1
: in an odd manner
2
: as is odd
was quite happy, oddly enough
Examples of oddly in a Sentence
the house's oddly shaped roof
Their lives had been oddly similar.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
This is the type of movie that can feel oddly comforting for midlife women.
—Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 24 Nov. 2025
The document still bears the hallmarks of a direct translation from Russian with oddly formulated sentences.
—Natalia Drozdiak, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
The ball was coming out of Maye’s hand oddly in a game that should have been a cakewalk against the NFL’s worst defense.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oddly
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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oddly
adverb
odd·ly
ˈäd-lē 
1
: in an odd manner
was behaving oddly
2
: as is odd
liked the work, oddly enough
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