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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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
Through all these threads, The Audacity throws itself headlong at some of tech’s biggest hot-button topics, including privacy, AI and, in an oddly halfhearted subplot involving JoAnne’s son, Everett Bliunck’s Orson, the manosphere, with an eye as cold as its characters.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
Evan graduated from Georgia State University, but oddly is a Georgia fan.
—Staff Writter, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
They are accompanied by terrible hip-hop songs, most likely produced by artificial intelligence, that are nevertheless oddly catchy.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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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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