2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strangely \Strange"ly\, adv
1. As something foreign, or not one's own in a manner
adapted to something foreign and strange. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly;
reservedly; coldly.
You all look strangely on me --Shak.
I do in justice charge thee . . . That thou commend
it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or
end it --Shak.
3. In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite
surprise or wonder; wonderfully.
How strangely active are the arts of peace!
--Dryden.
It would strangely delight you to see with what
spirit he converses. --Law.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
strangely
adv 1: in a strange way "he was strangely silent"
2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper";
"he acted kind of funny" [syn: {queerly}, {oddly}, {funnily},
{funny}]
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