Definitions for strangely
strange·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. queerly, strangely, oddly, funnilyadverb

   in a strange manner

   "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strangelyadverb

   In a strange or coincidental manner.

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

1. Strangelyadverb

   Etymology: from strange.

   1. With some relation to foreigners.

   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.

   2. Wonderfully; in a way to cause wonder, but with a degree of dislike.

   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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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

How to pronounce strangely?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say strangely in sign language?

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. Robert Heinlein:

   In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.

2. Veronica Openibo:

   Thank you for providing this opportunity for us to check and see where we have acted strangely, ignorantly, secretly and complacently.

3. 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.

4. M. I. Abramowitz:

   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.

5. Charlotte Brontë:

   But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master -- something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. If the result be attractive, the World will praise you, who little deserve praise; if it be repulsive, the same World will blame you, who almost as little deserve blame.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=strangely
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Strangely
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=strangely
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangely