oddly
/ˈɑdli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a manner measured by an odd number.
Example Sentences
- "For December, it was oddly warm."
- "Novv, Sir, vvhen my Time comes, leſt they ſhou'd think it vvorth vvhile to handle my Memory vvith the ſame Freedom, I am vvilling to prevent its being ſo odly beſmear'd (or at beſt but flatly vvhite-vvash'd) by taking upon me to give the Publick This, as true a Picture of myſelf as natural Vanity vvill permit me to dravv; […]"
- "The oddly counted lords are always out of sync with at least one other evenly counted cycle. These two strange counts assured that at no single moment could all cycles end at the same time for an extraordinarily long time, for at least one odd count threw off all the even ones."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: oddely
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑdli/
- British English: /ˈɒdli/