1
: in an odd manner
2
: as is odd
was quite happy, oddly enough
Examples of oddly in a Sentence
the house's oddly shaped roof
Their lives had been oddly similar.
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But the show ends up far less than the sum of its parts, an oddly generic and muted take on a larger-than-life American story.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 2 May 2024
Reports emerged earlier this year of animals — including foxes, raccoons and a bobcat — acting oddly in the park, McClatchy News reported.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 2 May 2024
Reports emerged earlier this year of animals — including foxes, raccoons and a bobcat — acting oddly in the park, McClatchy News reported.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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oddly
adverb
odd·ly
ˈäd-lē 
1
: in an odd manner
was behaving oddly
2
: as is odd
liked the work, oddly enough
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