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 →

2) Oddly (enough) means surprisingly. tree →

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 →
• Oddly enough, the cat liked the rain. tree →
• He was dressed oddly for a wedding. tree →
• The cake was oddly shaped but tasted great. tree →
• Oddly, nobody saw the thief. tree →
• She behaved oddly all day. tree →
• Oddly enough, every baby had upon its throat a tiny pink rose. tree →

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.
• It felt powerful, then oddly lonely, because nobody passed him the ball either.
• Lately boys from both streets had started looking at Maddie «oddly».
• Being looked at «oddly» can simply mean someone likes you.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oddly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.