Oddly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oddly \Odd"ly\, adv.
     1. In an odd manner; unevenly. [R.]
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     2. In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. "A
        figure a little more oddly turned." --Locke.


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              A great black substance, . . . very oddly shaped.
                                                    --Swift.
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     3. (Math.) In a manner measured by an odd number.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oddly
       adv 1: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a
              curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather
              peculiarly" [syn: {curiously}, {peculiarly}]
       2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper";
          "he acted kind of funny" [syn: {queerly}, {strangely}, {funnily},
           {funny}]