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Meaning of ODDLY

Pronunciation:  'âdlee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
  2. [adv]  in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny"
 
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 Synonyms: curiously, funnily, funny, peculiarly, queerly, strangely
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Odd"ly\, adv.
1. In an odd manner; unevently. [R.]
2. In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. ``A
   figure a little more oddly turned.'' --Locke.
         A great black substance, . . . very oddly shaped.
                                               --Swift.
3. (Math.) In a manner measured by an odd number.
 

 

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