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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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
Yet to those of us who know true love, there’s something oddly touching about this example.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Inside, there are six bedrooms, five fireplaces, and seven bathrooms, plus an oddly pink kitchen.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 May 2026
Make a turn at Bar Chimera’s host stand and descend a dark and oddly narrow staircase.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
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 5 Jun. 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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