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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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 28 May 2025
Here's an oddly specific 8th grade graduation card.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Some meals, especially carb-avoidant or keto meals, are oddly mushy.
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Time and again, TV Ellie feels weirdly neutered by the writing, her motivations and characterization oddly muddled and inconsistent.
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 10 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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