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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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
And why is the density of dark energy so close to the density of regular matter, an oddly neat coincidence?
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
In his oddly understated way, David Byrne is one of the most electrifying musicians of the last 50 years.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
National parks will be open, oddly.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 1 Oct. 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 9 Oct. 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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