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Definition of Strangely
1. Adverb. In a strange manner. "A queerly inscribed sheet of paper"
Definition of Strangely
1. adv. As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange.
Definition of Strangely
1. Adverb. In a strange or coincidental manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strangely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strangely
Literary usage of Strangely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"I never knew so many strangely loud Claps of Thunder in my life together.
Neither do I remember to have known it so near, insomuch that we were very ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"... and the like: (c) it would therefore have been strangely improvident to have
permitted the tenant in tail, bv purchasing the reversion in fee, ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Strangely enough, it appears to have no folk-lore attached to it. Coals of fire.
The expression, to heap coals of fire on somebody's head, meaning to return ..."
4. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"The folly of your coming back affects me strangely. Necessity would have to pull
hard to fetch me to these shores, had I choice of Switzerland or Italy. ..."
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