bizarre
adjective
markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd.
bizarrely
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a word derived from
bizarre.
Example Sentences
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This was the day Pakistan lost the series yet, bizarrely, it may also have been their best performance thanks to the efforts of Muhammad Abbas and Shakeel.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
So I think both bizarrely can help each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
At a Women’s History Month event in March 2025, he bizarrely referred to himself as the “fertilization president.”
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The work depicts a group of characters who find themselves trapped in a warren of bizarrely laid-out rooms resembling empty offices, illuminated by a pallid yellow light.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Some of the changes are purely, if bizarrely, aesthetic.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
