strangely
adv/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/
Etymology From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.
1
In a strange or coincidental manner.
- Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.
- Daniel was walking strangely because he had twisted his ankle.
1 more example
- A tale of gangland warfare and filial loyalty in the Glasgow of 1958, Small Faces is an enjoyable but strangely unmoving film.1996, Film Review:
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Archaic Surprisingly, wonderfully.
- […]all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love, and thou / Hast strangely stood the test[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals), page 1:
- Synonyms
- oddly, uncannily, weirdly, alienly, curiously, eccentrically, enigmatically, peculiarly, quaintly, queerly, singly, singularly, strangely, unconventionally, unfamiliarly
- Antonyms
- familiarly, mundanely, normally
- Derived terms
- strangely warmed
- Related terms
- strange
- Hypernyms
- unusually
- Hyponyms
- creepily