strangely

US /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/ See IPA manual

Freq #7801

Meanings

1

adv
In an unusual or surprising way.

He was acting strangely all morning, barely saying a word.
2

adv
To a degree that is surprising or hard to explain.

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

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Synonyms

1 adv · in an unusual or surprising... oddly

More alienlycuriously eccentrically enigmatically peculiarly quaintlyqueerlysingly singularly uncannily unconventionally

Opposites

familiarlymundanelynormally

Word family

Related forms strange

Etymology

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

straungely Middle English

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# strangely

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/
**Frequency rank:** 7801

## Meanings
1. In an unusual or surprising way.
2. To a degree that is surprising or hard to explain.

## Examples
- He was acting strangely all morning, barely saying a word.
- Though I'd never been there before, the place looked strangely familiar.

## Synonyms
- alienly
- curiously
- eccentrically
- enigmatically
- oddly
- peculiarly
- quaintly
- queerly
- singly
- singularly
- uncannily
- unconventionally

## Antonyms
- familiarly
- mundanely
- normally

## Related Forms
- strange

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: straungely

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

## AI Etymology
Strangely is from Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly. In present-day use, it can mean in an unusual or surprising way, or to a degree that is surprising or hard to explain.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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