1
: in an odd manner
2
: as is odd
was quite happy, oddly enough
Examples of oddly in a Sentence
the house's oddly shaped roof
Their lives had been oddly similar.
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Fashion-centric documentaries, from 1995’s Unzipped to Dior and I in 2014, have proved surprisingly appealing and competition shows à la Project Runway oddly enduring.
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Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Parts of him were oddly swollen, others skeletal, indicating a severe protein deficiency.
—Bilal Shbair, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
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Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Parts of him were oddly swollen, others skeletal, indicating a severe protein deficiency.
—Bilal Shbair, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for oddly
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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oddly
adverb
odd·ly
ˈäd-lē 
1
: in an odd manner
was behaving oddly
2
: as is odd
liked the work, oddly enough
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