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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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tóth is oddly insistent on constructing a skylight that glows with a sunlit cross.
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
That may seem like an oddly modest goal for a genius — Ayn Rand’s Howard Roark earned his heroic architect stripes with a monumental Manhattan skyscraper, after all — but this is not just a bingo parlor in a midsize town.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
Tóth is oddly insistent on constructing a skylight that glows with a sunlit cross.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
For this prequel/sequel, that same oddly electric energy fuels the only plot worth caring about within the treasured IP’s greater storytelling circle of life.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 30 Dec. 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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