US /ˈɑdli/ UK /ˈɒdli/
adv

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a strange or unexpected manner

    He behaved oddly all evening, glancing constantly at the door.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in a strange or unexpected... strangelypeculiarlycuriouslyweirdlyunusuallyqueerly
Word family
Related forms oddoddityoddness

Etymology

From odd (from Old Norse oddi, 'point of land, triangle, odd number') plus the adverbial suffix -ly.

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