Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oddly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oddly \Odd"ly\, adv.
1. In an odd manner; unevently. [R.]
2. In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. ``A
figure a little more oddly turned.'' --Locke.
A great black substance, . . . very oddly shaped.
--Swift.
3. (Math.) In a manner measured by an odd number.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oddly
adv 1: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a
curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather
peculiarly" [syn: {curiously}, {peculiarly}]
2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper";
"he acted kind of funny" [syn: {queerly}, {strangely}, {funnily},
{funny}]
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