STRANGELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strangely mean? 

• STRANGELY (adverb)
  The adverb STRANGELY has 1 sense:

1. in a strange manner

  Familiarity information: STRANGELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRANGELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a strange manner

Synonyms:

funnily; oddly; queerly; strangely

Context example:

a queerly inscribed sheet of paper

Pertainym:

strange (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird)

 Context examples 

It looked at them in a strangely wistful way, after the manner of a dog; but in its wistfulness there was none of the dog affection.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I am strangely glad to get back again to you: and wherever you are is my home—my only home.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Their findings could help explain some characteristics of Uranus' rings, which are strangely narrow compared to Saturn's.

(Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons, NASA)

He had seen no daily paper all week, and, strangely to him, felt no desire to see one.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I felt a little strangely, and not a little frightened.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I felt strangely light as I came on deck, as though a weight had been lifted off my shoulders.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Astronomers using ESO’s MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a star in the cluster NGC 3201 that is behaving very strangely.

(Odd Behaviour of Star Reveals Lonely Black Hole Hiding in Giant Star Cluster, ESO)

But this galaxy, known as NGC 6503, has found itself in a lonely position, at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.

(Lonely Galaxy Lost in Space, NASA)

Why does he fling himself from his horse and stare so strangely about him?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

People may have strange sensations and emotions or behave strangely.

(Epilepsy, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)