Antonyms for strangely
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : streynj |
| Phonetic Transcription : streɪndʒ |
Definition of strangely
Origin :- late 13c., "from elsewhere, foreign, unknown, unfamiliar," from Old French estrange (French étrange) "foreign, alien," from Latin extraneus "foreign, external," from extra "outside of" (see extra). Sense of "queer, surprising" is attested from late 14c. Stranger, attested from late 14c., never picked up the secondary sense of the adjective. As a form of address to an unknown person, it is recorded from 1817, American English rural colloquial. Meaning "one who has stopped visiting" is recorded from 1520s.
- adv oddly
- Of course, that was to be said, but strangely enough he meant it.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And yet the idea cleaves to me strangely, and is liable to stick to my shroud.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- He felt also strangely afraid of the child, he could not have told why.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Why does he fling himself from his horse and stare so strangely about him?
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- When, at last, he spoke, his voice was a rumble of strangely shy pleasure.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- There was something in all this which seemed to move Kate strangely.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- How strangely the Past is peeping over the shoulders of the Present!
- Extract from : « The Village Uncle (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- To see this reflection had a strangely disturbing effect on me.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- Mainwaring at once saw that his visitor was strangely agitated and disturbed.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- He made no immediate objection to this proposal, so strangely motived.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
Synonyms for strangely
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