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Meaning of STRANGELY

Pronunciation:  str'eynjlee

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in a strange way; "he was strangely silent"
  2. [adv]  in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny"
 
 Synonyms: funnily, funny, oddly, queerly
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 

 

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