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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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Walker, oddly enough, has failed to protect leads in four of those seven instances, including tonight.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
But oddly enough, some of those occupations still showed up on the list.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Momoa rose to prominence as the vicious (and oddly tender) Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones (2011–2012), and went on to play DC's Aquaman in numerous films between 2016 and 2023.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 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 10 Sep. 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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