strangelystrange‧ly /ˈstreɪndʒli/ ●●○ adverb 
Mick’s been acting very strangely lately. strangely shaped hills The crowd fell strangely silent. Strangely enough, I wasn’t that disappointed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- After moving into the new house, she began behaving strangely.
- The whole city was strangely peaceful.
- Also, strangely, he noted there was a similarity in the faces of the aunt and niece.
- But at that time, biologists also saw sick, disoriented manatees acting strangely by curling their lips and arching their backs.
- Dickinson sailed down in slow, sweeping curves, feeling strangely innocent.
- She'd felt strangely vulnerable, half afraid, overcome by a mass of conflicting emotions.
- To Mr Utterson the streets seemed strangely empty and lonely.
- We went into the hallway, which now looked strangely barren.
Longman Language Activatorhappening in a mysterious way
· The letter had mysteriously appeared on my desk that morning.· Joseph was mysteriously absent from work that morning.· The aircraft had disappeared mysteriously from radar screens.
in a way that is very different from what you expect or from what usually happens, so that you feel a little frightened or surprised: · He looked at me strangely and said that he would come back later.· When we returned to the hotel we found the place strangely silent.
if something happens as if by magic , it happens in a sudden and surprising way that seems impossible to explain: · The mysterious circles appeared in the fields overnight, as if by magic.· I was just wondering how I could get home, when suddenly, as if by magic, a taxi pulled up.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Strangely enough, I wasn’t that disappointed.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
Strangely enough, I wasn’t that disappointed.· Benjamin and Agrippa had fallen strangely silent.· The press has been strangely silent about this event, which is vouched for by professional meteoriticists.· The Kop was strangely silent, watching impassively as several clear chances came and went.· The headlines seem to cry out for better laws, but most citizens remain strangely silent.· As he disappeared, the great chamber fell strangely silent.· Newham council has kept strangely silent about that.· Fred had remained strangely silent all through the parting.
VERB· Mind you, if you think she behaved strangely, you should have seen me.· So he got the job as the postman, yet even that didn't stop him behaving strangely.· Many programs will crash or behave strangely if they suddenly run out of disk space or memory.
· I felt strangely repelled at the thought of eating meat.· Now I feel strangely at a loss in the leaving because I must bequeath what was never mine to keep.· He felt strangely disoriented and feebly guilty and for a moment could not remember the crux of his sermon for tomorrow.· It all feels strangely academic, as though you don't really care what happens next.· His lips trembled, and he felt strangely compelled to shout a defiant slogan.· She felt strangely restless, wanting to throw herself into every small task that awaited her throughout the house.· I turned away from the brook and felt strangely restless.
· Just filling out to the half, it looked strangely unfinished.· We went into the hallway, which now looked strangely barren.· He looked strangely at me, muttered something about coming back within the hour, and sauntered off.· And yet their eyes, their lips, a certain shy grin or quizzical cant of an eyebrow, look strangely familiar.· Molassi, with his long blond hair and still expression, was made to look strangely angelic.· From a distance it looks strangely like a chimney.
· At a later period he missed meetings and seemed strangely distant in the pub.· Off they come, as does my gray suit, which is nothing special but seems strangely fraudulent here.· Certainly, he seemed strangely quiet and bemused as he recounted the extraordinary tale.· The first word rose with unlimited aspiration, the second fell precipitously without hope, the third seemed strangely complaining.· To Mr Utterson the streets seemed strangely empty and lonely.· They seemed strangely modern, suggestively effective as a sculpture by Picasso; they lived in the now.· It lacked co-ordination and Morrissey's ability to surprise people with words, seemed strangely lacking.· The room seemed strangely without air.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- And yet, strangely enough, he was.
- Everyone was hideously drunk except strangely enough myself.
- Her large grin and knotted black curls were, strangely enough, more memorable.
- It was a devastating headache but, oddly enough, as a rule he didn't mind it.
- Such basic work, oddly enough, has been largely neglected.
- The workers responded with hundreds of ideas and, oddly enough, management accepted and implemented many of them.
- Verence was right, oddly enough.
- Yet, strangely enough, it was Martinho the malais appeared to favour.
WORD FAMILYnounstrangerstrangenessestrangementadjectivestrangeestrangedadverbstrangely
in an unusual or surprising way SYN oddly: Mick’s been acting very strangely lately. strangely shaped hills The crowd fell strangely silent. Strangely enough, I wasn’t that disappointed.