Synonyms for bizarrely


Grammar : Adv
Spell : bih-zahr
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈzɑr


Définition of bizarrely

Origin :
  • 1640s, from French bizarre "odd, fantastic" (16c.), originally "handsome, brave," perhaps from Basque bizar "a beard" (the notion being of bearded Spanish soldiers making a strange impression on the French); alternative etymology traces it to Italian bizarro "angry, fierce, irascible," from bizza "fit of anger."
  • As in peculiarly : adv oddly
Example sentences :
  • The color of hers was completely masked by a bizarrely spectacular overlay of designs done in semi-indelible, multi-colored dyes.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • I can't tell you how bizarrely those half-fabulous names fell from Signet's lips in the turquoise and gold of the afternoon.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story » by Various
  • To the school of mechanics to which Kirchhoff belongs, he opposes that which he bizarrely calls the school of the thread.
  • Extract from : « The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method » by Henri Poincar

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