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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Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Redecorating your space could also feel oddly therapeutic.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Flat or oddly shaped sides mean the arils inside the fruit have swelled with juice, transforming the fruit's form.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 27 Oct. 2025
That urban project, oddly enough, worked in tandem with an increasingly growing passion for agriculture and conservation.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oddly
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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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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