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# oddly

«oddly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a strange or unusual way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (oddly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Oddly means in a strange or unusual way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#m1)

2) Oddly (enough) means surprisingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, "oddly" signals that something is not normal and makes the reader curious: "Oddly, the door was open." Phrases: "oddly enough", "oddly shaped", "oddly quiet".

### examples

- The house was oddly quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#x1)
- Oddly enough, the cat liked the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#x2)
- He was dressed oddly for a wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#x3)
- The cake was oddly shaped but tasted great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#x4)
- Oddly, nobody saw the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#x5)
- She behaved oddly all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#x6)
- Oddly enough, every baby had upon its throat a tiny pink rose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/#x7)

### note

Adverb of "odd" (strange). "Odd" also means not even in maths (1, 3, 5), but "oddly" is not used for numbers.

### In the corpora

- [A wild animal that acts oddly tame or strange may be sick, sometimes with rabies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/70-respecting-wild-animals/14/)
- [It felt powerful, then oddly lonely, because nobody passed him the ball either.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/10/)
- [Lately boys from both streets had started looking at Maddie «oddly».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/0/)
- [Being looked at «oddly» can simply mean someone likes you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oddly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oddly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.