strangely

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   In an unusual or surprising way.

   He was acting strangely all morning, barely saying a word.

2. 2
   adv

   To a degree that is surprising or hard to explain.

   Though I'd never been there before, the place looked strangely familiar.

From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.

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