ODDLY in a Sentence

Learn ODDLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
230 example sentences for ODDLY, such as:
1. Carreen's eyes were shining oddly.
2. The names may now seem oddly grouped.
3. But, oddly enough, the ladies were not offended.
4. His voice sounded oddly resonant in the empty room.
5. The odds are that he will commit the same crime again.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ODDLY
oddly
 ad.  in a strange manner
 ad.  in a manner differing from the usual or expected
Classic Sentence: (197 in 14 pages)
1  But for all her plainness of feature and smallness of stature, there was a sedate dignity about her movements that was oddly touching and far older than her seventeen years.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  His voice was oddly pleasant to the ear, the well-modulated voice of a gentleman, resonant and overlaid with the flat slow drawl of the Charlestonian.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  It was an oddly familiar noise, blurred and indistinct though it was.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  They were oddly still crowds, crowds that quietly grew larger and larger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  Her ears strained for sounds from upstairs, but the house was oddly still, so still that even the sound of her breathing seemed loud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  Scarlett always permitted Wade to sit up late when Rhett called because the shy child was fond of him, and Rhett oddly enough seemed to be fond of Wade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  The two of them, with their Yankee stepmother, their four little half-sisters, and Hilton, the Yankee overseer, remained in the silent, oddly echoing house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
8  Carreen's eyes were shining oddly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  He looked at her oddly, still inscrutable and as she hurried on she could not tell if he were amused or repelled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
10  There was an air of dignity and pride about her now that, oddly enough, became her better than the determined girlish sweetness of her days at Twelve Oaks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
11  But, oddly enough, the fact that he had saved the lives of some of Atlanta's most prominent men was what aroused the hottest hate of Atlanta's ladies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
12  Rhett looked at her over the black head of the child and smiled oddly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
13  "Quite the little gentleman, Ashley," said Rhett and his eyes began to gleam oddly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
14  She always looks at me so oddly when I speak of Ashley, thought Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
15  But, oddly enough, the ladies were not offended.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.
2  The names may now seem oddly grouped.
3  His voice sounded oddly resonant in the empty room.
4  If you drive a car all your life, the odds are that you'll have an accident at some point.
5  The odds are that he will commit the same crime again.
6  She put in some clothes, odds and ends, and make-up.
7  He's moved most of his stuff; there are just a few odds and ends left.
8  Bookmakers have now slashed his odds from 400/1 to 28/1.
9  Though the odds against their survival seemed insuperable, the Apollo 13 astronauts reached earth safely.
10  The libertarian was always at odds with the conversations.
11  There may be the odd flurry of snow over the hills tonight.
12  Charles was an odd character whom Kelly had never really taken to.
13  Fay's always making excuses for her husband's odd behavior.
14  She sat silently, flinging the odd word into the conversation from time to time.
15  I find him really odd - I can't figure him out at all.