Meanings
comparative more strangely · superlative most strangely
- In a strange or coincidental manner.
Daniel was walking strangely because he had twisted his ankle.
2 more examples
Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.
A tale of gangland warfare and filial loyalty in the Glasgow of 1958, Small Faces is an enjoyable but strangely unmoving film.
1996, Film Review - archaicSurprisingly, wonderfully.
[…]all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love, and thou / Hast strangely stood the test[…]
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishstraungely“strangely, aloofly, intricately”
- Englishstrangely
From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian странно, необичайно
- странно (stranno)in a strange manner
- необичайно (neobičajno)in a strange manner
Catalan estranyament
- estranyamentin a strange manner
Esperanto strange
- strangein a strange manner
French étrangement
- étrangementin a strange manner
German seltsam, seltsamerweise
- seltsamin a strange manner
- seltsamerweisein a strange manner
Hungarian furcsán, furán
- furcsánin a strange manner
- furánin a strange manner
- különösenin a strange manner
Indonesian anehnya
- anehnyain a strange manner
Italian stranamente
- stranamentein a strange manner
Polish dziwnie, dziwacznie
- dziwniein a strange manner
- dziwaczniein a strange manner
Portuguese estranhamente
- estranhamentein a strange manner
Romanian ciudat
- ciudatin a strange manner
Spanish extrañamente
- extrañamentein a strange manner
Swedish underligt, konstigt
- underligtin a strange manner
- konstigtin a strange manner
Cite this entry
strangely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangely
“strangely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangely. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strangely,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangely.
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