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strangely

/ˈstɹeɪndʒli/STRAYNJ-lee
/ˈstɹeɪndʒli/STRAYNJ-lee

Meaningin a strange way

Common meaning: oddly

Journey through time

  1. Latinextraneus‘foreign’source
  2. Old Frenchestrange‘foreign’source
  3. Middle Englishstrange‘foreign’source
  4. Englishstrange‘unusual or unfamiliar’
  5. Englishformed in English from strangestrangely‘oddly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from strange + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), STRANGE, p.601 · scan

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