strangely
Adverb
- in a strange manner
Adv
- In a strange or coincidental manner.
- Surprisingly, wonderfully.
Examples
- Daniel was walking strangely because he had twisted his ankle.
- Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.
Synonyms
funnily, oddly, queerly, alienly, curiously, eccentrically, enigmatically, peculiarly, quaintly, singly, singularly, strangely, uncannily, unconventionally, unfamiliarly, weirdly
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
strangely: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstrangely: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
strangely: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary