strangely

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/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/

Definition of strangely

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

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.”
“A tale of gangland warfare and filial loyalty in the Glasgow of 1958, Small Faces is an enjoyable but strangely unmoving film.”

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adv

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.”
“A tale of gangland warfare and filial loyalty in the Glasgow of 1958, Small Faces is an enjoyable but strangely unmoving film.”
(archaic)Surprisingly, wonderfully.

“[…]all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love, and thou / Hast strangely stood the test[…]”

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

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