oddly
Variant of odd
odd (äd)
adjective
- being one of a pair of which the other is missing an odd glove
- being the one remaining after the others are paired, grouped, taken, etc.
- being one or more of a set, series, or group separated from the others a few odd volumes of Dickens
- having a remainder of one when divided by two; not even: said of numbers
- numbered with an odd number the odd months
- in addition to that mentioned in a round number ten dollars and some odd change
- with a relatively small number over that specified: usually in hyphenated compounds twenty-odd children
- not the usual, regular, habitual, accounted for, etc.; occasional; incidental odd jobs, at odd moments
- not usual or ordinary; singular; peculiar; strange
- queer; eccentric
- out-of-the-way in odd corners
Etymology: ME odde < ON oddi, point of land, triangle, hence (from the third angle) odd number, akin to OE ord, a point < Gmc *uzda- (> Ger ort, place, orig., point) < IE *uds (< base *ud-, up > out) + *dho-, var. of *dhē, to place, put > do
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