strangely
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strangely
- /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/
Where it comes from
From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.
adverb more strangely · most strangely
- In a strange or coincidental manner. Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.
- Surprisingly, wonderfully. […]all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love, and thou / Hast strangely stood the test[…]
Similar: oddly, uncannily, weirdly, alienly, curiously, eccentrically, enigmatically, peculiarly, quaintly, queerly, singly, singularly, strangely, unconventionally, unfamiliarly · Opposite: familiarly, mundanely, normally
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: oddly, funnily, funny, queerly, singularly, interestingly, weirdly, weird, odd, bizarrely, unusually, uncannily, surprisingly, somehow, unnaturally, shockingly
adverb
Similar: oddly, uncannily, weirdly, alienly, curiously, eccentrically, enigmatically, peculiarly, quaintly, queerly, singly, singularly, strangely, unconventionally, unfamiliarly · Opposite: familiarly, mundanely, normally
Translations
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adv in a strange manner
| Español | extrañamente |
|---|---|
| Português | estranhamente |
| Français | étrangement |
| Deutsch | seltsam, seltsamerweise |
| Italiano | stranamente |
| Română | ciudat |
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