bizarrely

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1. In a bizarre manner.

   And, placed discreetly among these commonplaces, a few pieces of genuine quality, bizarrely distinguished by craftsmanship from the vulgar products of the machine.

   1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150

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   The forms can be bizarrely funny when blown up to fill a canvas, as in "Supergastrico Compensado" (the artist prefers that his often punning titles remain untranslated), whose eroticized digestive systems have an appealing decorative flair.

   1993 January 1, Holland Cotter, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2024

   The White House said Wednesday that President Obama had dismissed a government agency’s internal watchdog because he was incompetent and had behaved bizarrely, disputing accusations that he was fired because he had uncovered embarrassing problems in the AmeriCorps program.

   2009 June 17, Neil A. Lewis, “White House Defends Inspector General’s Firing”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2020

   [...] his 'crime' was discovered, was summoned to see the headmaster, Sir Arthur fforde. It could potentially have been a flogging offence, but the headmaster, bizarrely, offered him a glass of nonalcoholic sherry. It no doubt helped that fforde, like [...]

   2017, Sarah Winterton, The Wintertons Unmuzzled: The Life & Times of Nick & Ann Winterton, Two Westminster Mavericks, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN