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oddly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial oddly has 2 senses
- oddly(r = adv.all) curiously, peculiarly - in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
- oddly(r = adv.all) funnily, queerly, strangely - in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"
CIDE DICTIONARY
oddly, adv.
- In an odd manner; unevenly. [1913 Webster]
- In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. Locke. [1913 Webster]"A great black substance, . . . very oddly shaped." [1913 Webster]
- In a manner measured by an odd number. [1913 Webster]
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