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Definitions for strangely
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Princeton's WordNet
queerly, strangely, oddly, funnilyadverb
in a strange manner
"a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"
Wiktionary
strangelyadverb
In a strange or coincidental manner.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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
Strangelyadverb
as something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange
Strangelyadverb
in the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly
Strangelyadverb
in a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully
British National Corpus
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'strangely' in Adverbs Frequency: #425
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of strangely in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of strangely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of strangely in a Sentence
Just because the solutions of problems are not visible at any particular time does not mean that those problems will never be alleviated -- or confined to tolerable dimensions. History has a way of changing the very terms in which problems operate and of leaving them, in the end, unsolved, to be sure, yet strangely deflated of their original meaning and importance.
How strangely will the tools of a tyrant pervert the plain meaning of words!
Meintjes seems to be concerned not only with the moment of reality, but the preparation before it, and the length of time that lies beyond it… It is the resulting quality of timelessness that is so strangely moving
When you expect things to happen -- strangely enough -- they do happen.
Thank you for providing this opportunity for us to check and see where we have acted strangely, ignorantly, secretly and complacently.
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- estranyamentCatalan, Valencian
- seltsamGerman
- extrañamenteSpanish
- étrangementFrench
- anehnyaIndonesian
- stranamenteItalian
- ciudatRomanian
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