Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a strange or coincidental manner.

    Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.

    Daniel was walking strangely because he had twisted his ankle.

    seltsam, seltsamerweise

    in a strange manner

  2. (archaic)Surprisingly, wonderfully.

Examples

119 sentences
  1. Tom is behaving strangely.

    Том поводиться дивно.

    ruТом странно себя ведёт.

    deTom benimmt sich sonderbar.

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  2. Tom is acting strangely, isn't he?

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  3. Tom has been behaving strangely lately.

    ruВ последнее время Том ведет себя странно.

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  4. Tom has been behaving very strangely.

    ruТом очень странно себя ведёт.

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  5. Neither Tom nor Mary has been acting strangely lately.

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Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in a strange manner:

Origin

From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange

From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.

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Forms

more strangely, most strangely
Comparativemore strangely Lesson
Superlativemost strangely

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • been acting strangely
  • acting strangely
  • behaving strangely

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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