odd
adjective
differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected.
oddness
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a word derived from
odd.
Example Sentences
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But it can still lay claim to being a flagship roller coaster, one with enough mechanical and storytelling hitches to give it a tantalizing oddness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
But that merely gives his deep-rooted oddness a patina of the normal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The joy of being able to write something where they're like, ‘Great, this is exactly the kind of oddness we want,’ Taika and Jemaine really pushed that, I think.”
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2024
And while all of the amusing oddness successfully depicts the madness of grief and the complexities of millennial relationships, it does so to the detriment of the play’s message and the production’s intrigue.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
And there was an oddness, thought Bod, as he watched the people heading home.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
