ODDLY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a manner differing from the usual or expected

Example:

he's behaving rather peculiarly

Synonyms:

curiously; inexplicably; oddly; peculiarly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

odd (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a strange manner

Example:

a queerly inscribed sheet of paper

Synonyms:

funnily; oddly; queerly; strangely

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

odd (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)

Credits

Context examples:

So busy was she on this day that she did not hear Laurie's ring nor see his face peeping in at her as she gravely promenaded to and fro, flirting her fan and tossing her head, on which she wore a great pink turban, contrasting oddly with her blue brocade dress and yellow quilted petticoat.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Often, something that happens in the outside world that had nothing to do with you oddly winds up at your doorstep and has a huge effect on you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now. They were composed of oddly familiar pieces of ivory.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Thus far there was no difficulty in accounting for his time—there were boys who had seen a man "acting sort of crazy" and motorists at whom he stared oddly from the side of the road.