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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James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
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James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
According to video obtained by Fox News Digital, people who were in the courthouse when the shots rang out were interviewed by the Kentucky State Police just after the shooting, and described Stines as acting oddly before and during lunch.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
There’s something oddly humbling about spending hours reviewing a contract.
—Shashank Bijapur, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Inside the fence, the atmosphere was oddly peaceful, and sometimes so quiet that the loudest noise was the whine of an overhead drone.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
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 21 May. 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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