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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Windsor Johnston, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Life imitating art By the time Artemis astronauts begin assembling a real foothold at the Moon’s south pole, the blueprint will feel oddly familiar, at least to those sim addicts who have been dreaming of a functional moon colony for decades now.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Mostly, the film’s direction feels oddly anonymous, Fuqua bringing little of his pulpy flair to any of it.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, who has feasted against the Flyers in his career, was oddly quiet for a second straight game.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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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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