Etymology

strangely

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Today it means: In a strange or coincidental manner. Full definition →

Middle English straungely
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromstraungely“strangely, aloofly, intricately”
  2. English todaystrangely

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

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