oddly

adverb

Definition of oddlynext
as in strangely

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Recent Examples of oddly The end of Les Misérables was not the end of the Arena Concert Spectacular, as was forecasted by an oddly score-less set of final bows from the cast. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026 That pipeline - which was, oddly, built as a joint project with Iran - could also be connected to a new pipe in Saudi Arabia. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 30 July 2026 In a sense, the recent buildings are oddly backward-looking solutions to a dramaturgical problem that preoccupied the German-speaking avant-garde of the 1920s. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026 An abalone’s organs are simultaneously deeply alien and oddly familiar. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for oddly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
  1. strangely
  2. peculiarly
  3. weirdly
  4. unusually
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  • These incongruous people end up dying in the same dragon fire and looking the same way in a strangely intimate sort of pose.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • No one has done more to explain Silicon Valley’s founding mythology—or to show how the industry has rendered the material consequences of its power strangely invisible.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of strangely
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  • Photography, then, is an expression of our peculiarly cruel way of seeing.
    — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Building a wall may even be its own kind of narrative project—a peculiarly linear one.
    — Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
Definition of peculiarly
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  • So, with the Season 2 writers’ room underway, what will Gilligan’s weirdly-accurate crystal ball come up with next?
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In late 2024, X weirdly ended up withdrawing its application for a money transmitter license in the state.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
Definition of weirdly
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  • Over the next 710 days, Earth will experience three total solar eclipses visible from Europe, Africa and Australia, giving travelers an unusually accessible chance to witness one of nature’s rarest spectacles.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • If both deals materialize, Nigeria could be heading for an unusually consequential moment in public ownership and domestic capital formation.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 10 Aug. 2026
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