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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Christian Lewis, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
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Christian Lewis, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Busy for a Saturday April 30, 2011, was a warm spring day in Washington, and the White House was oddly abuzz for a weekend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
The first three episodes of Andor Season 2 are dark, oddly hilarious at times, and a bit all over the place.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
And oddly enough, this one seemed more authentic, like this was the real Hitler.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 22 Apr. 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 2 May. 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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