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Antonyms for oddness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : od
Phonetic Transcription : ɒd



Definition of oddness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from odd + -ness.
  • As in mannerism : noun peculiarity of how someone behaves, acts
  • As in oddity : noun abnormality
  • As in quirkiness : noun eccentricity
  • As in singularity : noun eccentricity
  • As in eccentricity : noun bizarreness, unusualness
Example sentences :
  • It was an odd welcome, but its oddness at the moment went unheeded.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Her look of surprise showed that she was struck with the oddness of this.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • There was an oddness in his manner she could not understand.
  • Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore
  • I dwelt not on the oddness of its contents, thoroughly characteristic of the writer.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
  • The oddness of the incident impressed it indelibly on my mind.
  • Extract from : « The Retrospect » by Ada Cambridge
  • The oddness of some of the odd lots was occasionally amusing.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker
  • The approach to the city is striking to all strangers from its oddness.
  • Extract from : « Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume I (of 2) » by Harriet Martineau
  • And then gradually he had come to feel the oddness of the animal.
  • Extract from : « The Scarecrow and Other Stories » by G. Ranger Wormser
  • But still, it will be said, there is an antiquity, an oddness in the style.
  • Extract from : « Anima Poet » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • The parasol, too, by its oddness, caused his mind to wander.
  • Extract from : « Very Woman » by Remy de Gourmont

Synonyms for oddness

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