Definitions for oddly
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. curiously, oddly, peculiarlyadverb

   in a manner differing from the usual or expected

   "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"

2. queerly, strangely, oddly, funnilyadverb

   in a strange manner

   "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oddlyadverb

   In an odd manner; unevenly.

2. oddlyadverb

   In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously.

3. oddlyadverb

   In a manner measured by an odd number.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oddlyadverb

   Etymology: from odd.

   1. Not evenly.2. Strangely; particularly; unaccountably; uncouthly.

   How oddly will it sound, that I,
   Must ask my child forgiveness. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   One man is pressed with poverty, and looks somewhat oddly upon it. Jeremy Collier, on the Spleen.

   The dreams of sleeping men are made up of the waking man’s ideas, though for the most part oddly put together. John Locke.

   This child was near being excluded out of the species of man barely by his shape. It is certain a figure a little more oddly turned had cast him, and he had been executed. John Locke.

   The real essence of substances we know not; and therefore are so undetermined in our nominal essences, which we make ourselves, that if several men were to be asked concerning some oddly-shaped fetus, whether it were a man or no? it is past doubt, one should meet with different answers. John Locke.

   Her aukward love indeed was oddly fated;
   She and her Polly were too near related. Matthew Prior.

   As masters in the clare obscure,
   With various light your eyes allure:
   A flaming yellow here they spread;
   Draw off in blue, or charge in red;
   Yet from these colours oddly mix’d,
   Your sight upon the whole is fix’d. Matthew Prior.

   They had seen a great black substance lying on the ground very oddly-shaped. Gulliv. Trav.

   Fossils are very oddly and elegantly shaped, according to the modification of their constituent salts, or the cavities they are formed in. Richard Bentley, Serm.

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1. oddly

   The term "oddly" typically acts as an adverb, describing something that has been done in a strange, unusual, or unexpected way. It refers to situations or behaviors that are not ordinary, not typically seen, or quite peculiar. It can also imply something less usual or out of the ordinary numerically.

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How to pronounce oddly?

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   British

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   British

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Australian

   Natasha

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   Indian

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   Zira

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How to say oddly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of oddly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of oddly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of oddly in a Sentence

1. Neil Sean:

   Neil Sean claimed. Prince Charles private equerry( the royal private secretary) has delivered a note to the duke to demand a meeting oddly though alone.

2. Liz Rosenberg:

   We are out of the realm of focusing squarely on the US Treasury or the Iranian central bank governor or Iran's oil minister. It does seem a bit of an afterthought, which is oddly misplaced, to discuss the power of sanctions when there is no meaningful new economic measure that will create a powerful new impact at this point.

3. Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images:

   Oddly enough, when we started taping I suddenly started to regain my strength. Its the strangest thing. It is some kind of an elixer.

4. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

   Because what we found is many of those same Independents turned around and vote — 11% of them voted for Barack Obama in the fall, they were, oddly enough, Obama-Walker voters, which politically makes no sense. Why? Because they were people hungry for leadership. They were frustrated because they felt that Romney hadn't offered a clear plan of what he would do.

5. Culture Pat Warner:

   We’re a 24-hour restaurant, so oddly enough shutting down is a big deal for us, when it comes to making the final decision, we let our operations team on the ground, like individual restaurant managers, make the final decision based on local conditions. But our job [ as corporate officials ] is to give them all the support they need to stay open.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=oddly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oddly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=oddly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=oddly