Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strangely"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Strangely \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

strangely
adv 1: in a strange way; "he was strangely silent"
2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper";
"he acted kind of funny" [syn: {queerly}, {oddly}, {funnily},
{funny}]


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