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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Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
The first half of the day could feel mentally overwhelming or oddly exhausting.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Spiritual progress requires fighting against the natural downward inclination of our souls—though fighting, oddly, is also the problem.
—
Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
The longevity-industrial complex tends to frame this question in oddly specific ways.
—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for oddly
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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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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