What does ODDLY mean?
Definitions for ODDLY
odd·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ODDLY.
Princeton's WordNet
curiously, oddly, peculiarlyadverb
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
"had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
queerly, strangely, oddly, funnilyadverb
in a strange manner
"a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"
Wiktionary
oddlyadverb
In an odd manner; unevenly.
oddlyadverb
In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously.
oddlyadverb
In a manner measured by an odd number.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Oddlyadverb
Etymology: from odd.
How oddly will it sound, that I,
Must ask my child forgiveness. William Shakespeare, Tempest.One man is pressed with poverty, and looks somewhat oddly upon it. Jeremy Collier, on the Spleen.
The dreams of sleeping men are made up of the waking man’s ideas, though for the most part oddly put together. John Locke.
This child was near being excluded out of the species of man barely by his shape. It is certain a figure a little more oddly turned had cast him, and he had been executed. John Locke.
The real essence of substances we know not; and therefore are so undetermined in our nominal essences, which we make ourselves, that if several men were to be asked concerning some oddly-shaped fetus, whether it were a man or no? it is past doubt, one should meet with different answers. John Locke.
Her aukward love indeed was oddly fated;
She and her Polly were too near related. Matthew Prior.As masters in the clare obscure,
With various light your eyes allure:
A flaming yellow here they spread;
Draw off in blue, or charge in red;
Yet from these colours oddly mix’d,
Your sight upon the whole is fix’d. Matthew Prior.They had seen a great black substance lying on the ground very oddly-shaped. Gulliv. Trav.
Fossils are very oddly and elegantly shaped, according to the modification of their constituent salts, or the cavities they are formed in. Richard Bentley, Serm.
ChatGPT
oddly
The term "oddly" typically acts as an adverb, describing something that has been done in a strange, unusual, or unexpected way. It refers to situations or behaviors that are not ordinary, not typically seen, or quite peculiar. It can also imply something less usual or out of the ordinary numerically.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ODDLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ODDLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of ODDLY in a Sentence
Oddly enough, when we started taping I suddenly started to regain my strength. Its the strangest thing. It is some kind of an elixer.
This is a politically motivated attack that oddly enough, offends both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and in communities across the country, this is a coordinated attack on the most vulnerable populations in the country : Rural and urban low-income young people hoping to succeed in life.
Now, our friends in the media tell us that Donald Trump is unstoppable in New York State, oddly enough, our friends in the media are very comfortable with the New York liberal who has supported Andrew Cuomo, and Hillary Clinton, and Chuck Schumer for decades.
We are out of the realm of focusing squarely on the US Treasury or the Iranian central bank governor or Iran's oil minister. It does seem a bit of an afterthought, which is oddly misplaced, to discuss the power of sanctions when there is no meaningful new economic measure that will create a powerful new impact at this point.
Oddly enough, my first reaction was, 'Really? Puerto Vallarta?'.
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