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oddly

American  
[ahd-lee] / ɑd li /

adverb

  1. in a way that is strange, uncommon, surprising, or incongruous; in a way that is odd.


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Milk production has taken a particularly hard hit, oddly enough in a country whose reputation is closely tied to yogurt.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

It has poured money into youth development, splurged on a state of the art training facility, and ponied up unconscionable sums to attract leading coaches from Germany, Italy and, oddly, Sweden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

The Polaroids started oddly enough when I’d just finished a long period of work in the theater, which is of course playing with perspective and illusion,” he once told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

And, oddly enough, in his first round as president, Donald Trump indeed seemed to have learned just such a lesson.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Although not reaching the virtuosic literary heights of incarceration essays penned by writers such as Thoreau or Martin Luther King Jr., the document was an oddly compelling account of the execrable details of his experience.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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