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Recent Examples of oddly
Jung was oddly endorsed by the Republican Lincoln Club.
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John Seiler, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
Her belief in a universal truth was not unique, but her pursuit of it was relentless and oddly self-erasing.
—Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026
But for some reason, the museum was oddly reluctant to let a bunch of archaeologists hit their anatomical collection with sharp rocks to document the results.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
The scene was genuinely awful to watch, but the movie—a story of plague, passion, period costumes, and an unwashed man in a tunic skipping town to cure writer’s block—ended up thrilling us; the portrayal of two creative minds working together (and apart) was, oddly, familiar.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
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John Seiler, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
Her belief in a universal truth was not unique, but her pursuit of it was relentless and oddly self-erasing.
—Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026
But for some reason, the museum was oddly reluctant to let a bunch of archaeologists hit their anatomical collection with sharp rocks to document the results.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
The scene was genuinely awful to watch, but the movie—a story of plague, passion, period costumes, and an unwashed man in a tunic skipping town to cure writer’s block—ended up thrilling us; the portrayal of two creative minds working together (and apart) was, oddly, familiar.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
Adverb
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Bath linens could have been softer and more luxurious given the hotel's price point and strangely, there was no toilet brush to be found in the WC (separate from the shower and sink).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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In a case of life imitating art, this whodunnit explores the investigation behind her disappearance, strangely resembling one of Christie’s own novels, where everyone in her life becomes a suspect, including her brother, Monty (Trevena).—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The laugh was, weirdly, really important to me.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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Loafers can sometimes feel weirdly stiff straight out of the box, but this popular Uptown pair skips that painful break-in phase.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
Adverb
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The restrictions started as the Charlotte region sank deeper into severe and extreme drought this spring after months of unusually dry weather.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Democrats’ unusually slow ballot returns hint at either strategic last-minute voting or voter fatigue, despite record-breaking campaign spending.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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