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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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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Disconnect and replace suspicious hardware: If a device is behaving oddly or was purchased from an untrusted source, unplug it from your network.
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Frame it as a call to action or a presidential campaign announcement, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s address to America on Tuesday has tapped into our zeitgeist (German words feel oddly appropriate at the moment) in a way few others have.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
But Gilbert is oddly silent on this pitiful bouquet of pick-me behaviors in Girl on Girl.
—Book Marks
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Disconnect and replace suspicious hardware: If a device is behaving oddly or was purchased from an untrusted source, unplug it from your network.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
Frame it as a call to action or a presidential campaign announcement, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s address to America on Tuesday has tapped into our zeitgeist (German words feel oddly appropriate at the moment) in a way few others have.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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 19 Jun. 2025.
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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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