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Recent Examples of oddly
The original film’s astonishing underwater photography certainly contributes to its appeal, but the oddly human Gill-man is the real draw.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
But some of the interiors seem to belong to another house, like a cheap-looking finished basement with canary-yellow walls and a bathroom with, oddly, a urinal.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2025
Hoffman and the rest of the creatives behind Only Murders certainly didn’t plan for their season to wrap up in a way that feels oddly in line with current New York politics, as the city’s mayoral race intensifies under a global spotlight.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Redecorating your space could also feel oddly therapeutic.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
But some of the interiors seem to belong to another house, like a cheap-looking finished basement with canary-yellow walls and a bathroom with, oddly, a urinal.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2025
Hoffman and the rest of the creatives behind Only Murders certainly didn’t plan for their season to wrap up in a way that feels oddly in line with current New York politics, as the city’s mayoral race intensifies under a global spotlight.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Redecorating your space could also feel oddly therapeutic.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
Adverb
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My first apartment on 15th and Union Square was a studio in a classy old building with marble pillars, one small room with a bigger bathroom and strangely an even bigger closet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The tone is both confrontational and strangely paternal.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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In the early twentieth century, Einstein formulated equations for the peculiarly relative flow of time, now an indispensable part of the workings of all GPS systems.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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So, Orange County in the late 1970s and early 1980s seems a peculiarly unlikely place to have a hardcore punk rock scene.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Earlier this year, OpenAI rolled back an update to ChatGPT after the bot became weirdly overeager to please its users, complimenting even the most comically bad or dangerous ideas.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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But when Sarah goes to the hospital to drop off a card for Dinah, she’s turned away by weirdly hostile staffers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Temperatures are expected to gradually moderate later in the week, but the current chill underscores the need for continued attention to weather alerts and safety practices as the unusually cold air mass exits the state.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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When ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific are close to average — not unusually warm like El Niño or unusually cool like La Niña — scientists refer to it as ENSO neutral.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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