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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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Rendered with all of the rich detail and disarming atmospherics that have characterized his work to date, Nosferatu is Eggers at the height of his powers: an astonishing, meticulously crafted, and oddly touching parable about desire, disease, and death.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Woman Adopts Cat, Then Notices Dog Acting Strange By Rachael O'Connor
Life and Trends Reporter
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A woman who adopted a cat soon noticed that her dog had started changing her behavior—to become oddly catlike.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s just the way business gets played today with upper echelon athletes, and oddly college talent too.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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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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