strangely

English

Etymology

From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/

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Adverb

strangely (comparative more strangely, superlative most strangely)

1. In a strange or coincidental manner.

   Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.

   Daniel was walking strangely because he had twisted his ankle.

2. (archaic) Surprisingly, wonderfully.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals), page 1:

     […] all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love, and thou / Hast strangely stood the test […]

Synonyms

• oddly
• uncannily
• weirdly

Derived terms

• strangely warmed

 

Translations

in a strange manner

• Bulgarian: странно (bg) (stranno), необичайно (bg) (neobičajno)
• Catalan: estranyament (ca)
• French: étrangement (fr)
• German: seltsam (de)
• Hungarian: furcsán (hu), furán (hu), különösen (hu)
• Indonesian: anehnya
• Italian: stranamente (it)
• Middle English: straungely
• Polish: dziwnie (pl), dziwacznie (pl)
• Portuguese: estranhamente (pt)
• Romanian: ciudat (ro)
• Spanish: extrañamente (es)
• Swedish: underligt (sv), konstigt (sv)

Middle English

Adverb

strangely

1. Alternative form of straungely