Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a strange manner, in any sense of the word strange.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange.
- adverb In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly.
- adverb In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
strange orcoincidental manner. - adverb archaic Surprisingly, wonderfully.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a strange manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Eilisshe pronounced the name strangely, with too much emphasis on the second syllablewhy are you upset?
Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009
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Eilisshe pronounced the name strangely, with too much emphasis on the second syllablewhy are you upset?
Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009
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Eilisshe pronounced the name strangely, with too much emphasis on the second syllablewhy are you upset?
Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009
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On the other hand, when government interventions are proposed, the government is generally assumed, in strangely simplistic fashion, to be motivated by nothing other than to maximize the utility of its subjects!
Teaching Un-Normal Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But for all her transparency, Tompkins is again strangely resistant to making the links between emotional life and learning.
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Brad Paisley and Keith Urban in strangely homoerotic video
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There are still a few models of one cup coffee makers for which Amazon and epinions reviewers remain strangely silent.
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They also remain strangely more interested in keeping America safe from the terrorists we already have in custody than in providing solutions on how to capture and kill more.
Scott Payne: Pledge to America Fails National Security Test Scott Payne 2010
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Darn it, I am still proud, so strangely is man compounded.
Chapter 27 2010
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Which, strangely, is nearly identical to the number of people who watched the unveiling of "Parker Spitzer" Monday night on CNN.
TV Column: Rick Sanchez and wife apologize for his Jon Stewart rant Lisa de Moraes 2010
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