strangely

[US]/ˈstreɪnd ʒlɪ/
[UK]/'strendʒli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a strange or unusual manner; in a way that is surprising or difficult to understand

Example Sentences

The air was strangely still and silent.

Poets are those strangely prehensile men.

his children found him strangely distant.

I felt strangely subdued as I drove home.

Strangely enough,I said the same thing to my wife only yesterday.

I felt strangely subdued when it was all over.

his strangely shaped feet gave him away.

strangely incurious about the causes of the political upheaval surrounding her.

His eyes rolled strangely at me.

She found his voice strangely comforting .

His eyes were strangely compelling.

Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.

For a person who has known them so long you are strangely oblivious to their faults.

His colourful and confident way of dressing is strangely at odds with his shy personality.

Real-world Examples

And then Ben Price acted rather strangely.

Source: VOA Special March 2019 Collection

Some people walking by look at the man strangely.

Source: Global Slow English

Dr Mortimer looked at us strangely for a moment.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

He was moving his head strangely.

Source: Beijing Normal University New Curriculum Reform Junior High School English Ninth Grade Full Volume

The mother goat behaved very strangely.

Source: American Elementary School English 4

Yeah, I thought so, too, but she's acting very strangely.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 7

And yet he looked at her strangely in a tender fashion.

Source: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

A tall, grey-haired, pleasant-looking gentleman entered a few minutes later, laughing rather strangely to himself.

Source: Selected Works of David Copperfield

Okay, am I invisible? I'm feeling strangely invisible.

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 2

And then strangely, I got quite disappointed.

Source: Exciting moments of Harry Potter

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