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Also, the scene where Pi hallucinates blindness and a talking Richard Parker (in French, oddly) is terrific.
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Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
If the full release can continue to generate oddly pulse-pounding moments like the near-death rooftop fight with an evil-eyed Pikachu, then Z-A might be worth an extended stay in Lumiose.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
What’s clear is that traditional roles have been oddly reversed.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
And even when your plate is full, adding one more thing feels oddly comforting.
—Leisse Wilcox, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
If the full release can continue to generate oddly pulse-pounding moments like the near-death rooftop fight with an evil-eyed Pikachu, then Z-A might be worth an extended stay in Lumiose.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
What’s clear is that traditional roles have been oddly reversed.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
And even when your plate is full, adding one more thing feels oddly comforting.
—Leisse Wilcox, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
Adverb
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Sons of Anarchy‘s Charlie Hunnam will star as Gein and Laurie Metcalf will portray his mother, with whom Gein shared a strangely close relationship.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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The moons range from planet-sized Titan to smaller oddities, some of which are strangely shaped like potatoes or ravioli.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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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
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His biggest competition, weirdly, might be Matthews.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The effect was disastrous, my hair crimped weirdly, with sections shooting out in different directions like the discordant notes of an orchestra tuning up.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Checking Activity Monitor for unknown processes or unusually high CPU or memory usage can reveal malware that tries to hide itself with random or unfamiliar names.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The speech was viewed by many as unusually political for a sitting justice.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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