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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Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
My relationship with the director who would change my life began oddly.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
My relationship with the director who would change my life began oddly.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
There’s a famous biography out right now about Mike Nichols, and the whole middle section, oddly, is Mike trying to turn a Carl Hiaasen book into a movie starring Harrison Ford.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
To certain people, the government’s approach felt oddly aggressive.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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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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