English Explanatory Dictionary

strangely

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In a strange or coincidental manner.
  2. Surprisingly, wonderfully.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/ en-us-strangely.ogg

Word forms

strangely more strangely most strangely

Etymology

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

Synonyms

oddly uncannily weirdly alienly curiously eccentrically enigmatically peculiarly quaintly queerly singly singularly strangely unconventionally unfamiliarly

Antonyms

familiarly mundanely normally

Related words

strange

Derived words

strangely warmed
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