as in strangely
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Recent Examples of oddly
Just like crafting personalized place cards or buying your friend's current local beer pick, a homemade salad dressing makes a subtle but oddly meaningful difference.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
There was plenty of pain and horror everywhere on the show, but oddly enough, their relationship seemed to be a safe haven in the storm.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 20 June 2025
But the two new cardinals that Aguilera was pondering in the Arctic cold behaved oddly.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2025
The comparisons are wildly improbable and also oddly precise.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
There was plenty of pain and horror everywhere on the show, but oddly enough, their relationship seemed to be a safe haven in the storm.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 20 June 2025
But the two new cardinals that Aguilera was pondering in the Arctic cold behaved oddly.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2025
The comparisons are wildly improbable and also oddly precise.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
weirdly
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One of the best Canadian defencemen of his era, Burns has weirdly never played for a Canadian team.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Getting in and parking was weirdly a breeze, and instead of the smells of carne asada wafting from barbecues in the parking lot, the expanse of asphalt stood quiet and relatively empty a couple hours before kickoff.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
14 June 2025
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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