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oddness

Variant of odd

adjective

    1. being one of a pair of which the other is missing: an odd glove
    2. being the one remaining after the others are paired, grouped, taken, etc.
    3. being one or more of a set, series, or group separated from the others: a few odd volumes of Dickens
  1. having a remainder of one when divided by two; not even: said of numbers
  2. numbered with an odd number: the odd months
    1. in addition to that mentioned in a round number: ten dollars and some odd change
    2. with a relatively small number over that specified: usually in hyphenated compounds: twenty-odd children
  3. not the usual, regular, habitual, accounted for, etc.; occasional; incidental: odd jobs, at odd moments
    1. not usual or ordinary; singular; peculiar; strange
    2. queer; eccentric
  4. out-of-the-way: in odd corners

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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