oddly

adverb

odd·​ly ˈäd-lē 

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The stage is small and oddly shaped — 6 feet wide and 13 feet deep, framed on two sides by the windows on the street side and entranceway of the club — but as many as 10 musicians have fit upon it at once. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

One way to mitigate risk, oddly enough, is to give the AI chatbot more personal information. — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 23 Oct. 2026

Natasha Lyonne just goes big as the manager of the store Klara comes from, while Steve Buscemi is oddly understated and twinkly for a mysterious character who proposes something terrible in the name of never needing to mourn. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

The well-size main bedroom has leafy views and another decorative fireplace, although the person doing the listing’s photos has oddly chosen to hide it behind a bed; the second bedroom can easily handle a bunk-bed situation plus a sideboard. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 19 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for oddly

• broadly
• godly
• ungodly

Kids Definition

oddly

adverb

odd·​ly ˈäd-lē 

1

: in an odd manner

was behaving oddly

2

: as is odd

liked the work, oddly enough