oddly

adverb odd·ly \ ˈäd-lē \

Definition of oddly

1 :in an odd manner

2 :as is odd

was quite happy, oddly enough

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Examples of oddly in a Sentence

the house's oddly shaped roof
Their lives had been oddly similar.

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Oddly, Gennett’s pitching debut wasn’t even the most unique occurrence in Monday’s game.

— zach buchanan, Cincinnati.com, "Scooter Gennett pitches in long, strange Reds loss," 15 Aug. 2017
Andrea Gourdine remembers clearly when her mother, Gladys Brown, started behaving oddly.

— anna gorman, Kaiser Health News, "Lag In Brain Donation Hampers Understanding Of Dementia In Blacks," 9 Aug. 2017
Maybe all of these steps would have improved things for me on their own, but, oddly, what finally broke my post-graduation depression came from an unexpected source: The military decided to relocate my husband to the Midwest.

— Washington Post, "There’s such a thing as post-graduation depression. I know: I had it.," 6 Aug. 2017
But, that's also the dagger which, oddly enough, appeared hanging on Arya's hip in some promotional images for Season Seven.

— matt miller, Esquire, "This Small Game of Thrones Detail Could Lead to Littlefinger's Downfall," 3 Aug. 2017
The NYO2 group was mostly on its own in Copland’s Billy the Kid ballet suite with its Americana atmosphere and oddly unconvincing descriptive effects.

— david patrick stearns, Philly.com, "Esperanza Spalding brings her best diva brilliance to the Philadelphia Orchestra - and some great shoes," 19 July 2017
And yet, oddly, the accusations brought to New York fell flat, by the accounts of those present, despite their having originated from such a seasoned master of kompromat.

— chris stirewalt, Fox News, "Least surprising failure ever," 18 July 2017
Oddly, we haven’t seen any motherboards based on these 300-series chipsets released since Ryzen’s launch.

— brad chacos, PCWorld, "AMD Ryzen motherboards explained: The crucial differences in every AM4 chipset," 17 July 2017
Sandoval was not as big a monetary loss as Boston’s other notable free-agent disaster, Carl Crawford, who got $142 million and lasted only 161 awful games (the same as Sandoval, oddly enough) in Boston before being shipped to the Dodgers in 2012.

— jon tayler, SI.com, "Pablo Sandoval's terrible contract with Red Sox is gone but never to be forgotten," 14 July 2017

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: in a strange or unusual way
—used to say that something is strange, odd, or surprising

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