What does Strangely mean?

Definitions for Strangely
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. queerly, strangely, oddly, funnilyadverb

    in a strange manner

    "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"

Wiktionary

  1. strangelyadverb

    In a strange or coincidental manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Strangelyadverb

    Etymology: from strange.

    As by strange fortune
    It came to us, I do in justice charge thee
    That thou commend it strangely to some place,
    Where chance may nurse or end it. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    My former speeches have but hit your thoughts,
    Which can interpret farther: only, I say,
    Things have been strangely borne. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    How strangely active are the arts of peace,
    Whose restless motions less than wars do cease;
    Peace is not freed from labour, but from noise;
    And war more force, but not more pains, employs. Dryden.

    We should carry along with us some of those virtuous qualities, which we were strangely careless if we did not bring from home with us. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

    In a time of affliction the remembrance of our good deeds will strangely cheer and support our spirits. Edmund Calamy.

ChatGPT

  1. strangely

    Strangely is an adverb that refers to something happening in a peculiar, unusual or unexpected way. It implies that the action or behavior deviating from what is normal, standard, or typically expected.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Strangelyadverb

    as something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange

  2. Strangelyadverb

    in the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly

  3. Strangelyadverb

    in a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Strangely' in Adverbs Frequency: #425

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Strangely in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Strangely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Strangely in a Sentence

  1. Buddy MacKay:

    I find myself, strangely, a little sympathetic with him, i think it's kind of a compliment that he's not comfortable trying to outdo some of the other people in the wild comments.

  2. Paul Templer:

    My world went dark and strangely quiet. from the waist down, I could feel the water. I could feel I was wet in the river. From my waist up, it was different. I was warm, and it wasn’t wet like the river, but it wasn’t dry either. And it was just incredible pressure on my lower back. I tried to move around; I couldn’t.

  3. J. P. Morgan:

    When you expect things to happen -- strangely enough -- they do happen.

  4. Command Module Pilot Michael Collins:

    Strangely enough, it looks fragile somehow, you want to be good to it. All the beauty, it was wonderful.

  5. Charlotte Bronte:

    The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master- something that at time strangely wills and works for itself.

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