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But strange to say, while becoming an Anglomaniac, Ivan Petrovich had also become a patriot,--at all events he called himself a patriot,--although he knew very little about Russia, he had not retained a single Russian habit, and he expressed himself in Russian oddly.

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  1. In an odd manner. Singly; only. Thou art oddely thyn one out of this fylthe, & als Abraham thy brother hit at himself asked. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 923.
  2. Not evenly: unevenly as regards number: as, an oddly odd number (see below). [Rare.]
  3. Strangely; unusually; irregularly; singularly; uncouthly; whimsically.
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  • The thought concept seemed totally unfamiliar to Torlos Arcot looked at him oddly, then reached out and ran an exploratory hand over Torlos' chest. —  Islands of Space
  • The contrasts which his life presented again struck him oddly, a few moments after, when Mr. Hall, waiting to cross the street, recognized and touched his hat to him, with a wondering, curious glance. —  Three People
  • The dusky hues of all the villages contrasted oddly, and not unpleasantly, with the carnival colours of the grains We slept at Vernon, and, before retiring for the night, passed half an hour in a fruitless attempt to carry by storm a large old circular tower, that is imputed to the inexhaustible industry of Caesar. —  Recollections of Europe
  • To be sure he articulated oddly--owing to his wound, of which his cheek bore the visible scar He knew them all. —  The Mayor of Troy
  • And on the deck above these exiles they took in the cabin passengers--ladies who told their lives over their knitting or embroidery in floods of lamplight and the cushioned ease of feminine seclusion; children here and there battling against sleep or yielding to it in stateroom berths; the ruder sex at card-tables in the forward cabin--from which, oddly, the twins were refraining; three or four tipplers at the fragrant bar, and one or two readers under the chandeliers. —  Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi
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  1. from Middle English oddely; from odd +-ly.
 

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