\Strange"ly\, adv. 1. As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly. You all look strangely on me. --Shak. I do in justice charge thee . . . That thou commend it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or end it. --Shak. 3. In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully. How strangely active are the arts of peace! --Dryden. It would strangely delight you to see with what spirit he converses. --Law.