oddly

adverb

odd·​ly ˈäd-lē 

1

: in an odd manner

2

: as is odd

was quite happy, oddly enough

Example Sentences

the house's oddly shaped roof

Their lives had been oddly similar.

Recent Examples on the Web

The book’s tone is oddly conversational, however, and the text is laced with exclamation points—more a professor’s riffing lecture than a narrative or well-organized argument. —Steve Coll, The New York Review of Books, 1 June 2023

Moments that should deliver a quick plot point drag on, while courtroom scenes—where Comey is clearly at home—are oddly truncated. —Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 1 June 2023

And there's his oddly moralistic devil character (closer to a used car salesman than the Prince of Darkness), who, upon hearing about the Penn State scandal, breaks his pitchfork, throws in the towel, and quits. —Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 31 May 2023

Meanwhile, Justin made the split seem oddly amicable. —Women's Health, 30 May 2023

One element of the show that helped inform her performance was, oddly enough, a motion capture suit. —Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023

How refreshing, after a season that was, on the whole and especially in recent weeks, cludgily paced and oddly unfocused. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 28 May 2023

Photos of him with those big doe eyes gazing off into the distance, looking oddly contemporary or maybe just timeless in an art shag and hoodie, or sweaty and soulful in Dog Day Afternoon, made for compelling evidence. —Vulture, 15 May 2023

Rather oddly, not one of those games — as of now — is against Kansas City, an AFC West rival with whom the Chargers have staged some recent classics. —Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023

See More

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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