oddlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɒdli/, U.S.

/ˈɑdli/

Forms: see odd adj., n.¹, and adv. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: odd adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < odd adj. + -ly suffix².

†1. Singularly; remarkably; nobly; choicely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [adverb]

notablya1398

oddlyc1400

notable1481

remarkably1615

noteworthily1864

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adverb]

onea1200

soulement?c1225

onlepilyc1275

onlepyc1350

alone?c1400

oddlyc1400

allenarly1444

sole1562

solely1588

exclusively1650

singly1655

uniquely1793

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > remarkably or extraordinarily

outnumenlyc1175

outnumenc1225

disguisilyc1325

notablya1398

speciallya1398

oddc1400

oddlyc1400

singularlyc1430

strangelya1450

notable1481

outragec1540

out-takingly1549

supernaturally1578

rarely1581

extraordinarily1593

signally1598

unvulgarly1602

unexpectedly1605

essentially?1606

remarkably1615

unusually1615

particularly1616

eminently1632

extraordinary1632

markablya1634

considerably1646

surprisingly1661

out-of-the-way1718

unco1724

conspicuouslya1732

heroically1735

uncommonly1751

strikingly1752

uncommon1784

pronouncedly1785

markedly1811

awesomea1835

noticeably1845

rousing1847

exceptionally1848

outstandingly1851

prominently1885

accentedly1904

hella1987

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 698 (MED) I compast hem a kynde crafte..And amed hit in myn ordenaunce oddely dere.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Christina in Anglia (1885) 8 120 Þen was I odly mery.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii Thy wordes and my mynde odly well accorde.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vi. sig. aij^v Cutting an odly great pomegranate.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 6859 So odly þai foght, That the grekes gaf bake.

1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 76 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 298 Galland he wes..And of all vþiris odly the best archeir In ony land.

†2. Utterly, completely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb]

fullyeOE

allesOE

fullOE

rightc1175

everydealc1300

wholec1300

whollya1325

finelyc1330

fairly1340

completec1374

gainlya1375

clearly1377

freelya1393

plaina1393

entire?a1400

entirelyc1400

oddlyc1400

sufficientlyc1440

expressc1475

totally1509

completely1526

finec1530

exactly?1531

sincerely1576

start1599

fillingly1611

circularly1618

solid1651

out-over1745

rotundly1775

roundedly?1802

whole hog1840

clear-away1883

whole cloth1917

righteous1948

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 923 (MED) Þou art oddely þyn one out of þis fylþe.

3. In reference to number: not evenly.oddly even: see even adj.¹ and n.² Phrases 7. oddly odd: see odd adj. 2d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] > particular qualities > not evenly

odda1398

oddly1570

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 185^v A number odly odde is that, which an odde number doth measure by an odde number.

1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. xii Arithmetic treats of Numbers..which is evenly odde, and which odly even.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 5 Even Numbers Oddly, these may be parted into equal halves, but the halves will be odd.

1974 L. M. Osen Women in Math. 35 When the emperor Hadrian inquires to know the ages of Sapientia's three daughters (Faith, Hope, and Charity), the reply is that Charity's age is represented by a defective evenly even number; Hope's by a defective evenly odd number; and that of Faith by an oddly even redundant one.

4. In an uneven, irregular, or incongruous manner; irregularly, haphazardly; †so as not to be even or equally balanced (obsolete). Now somewhat archaic, except as merging into sense 5a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adverb] > heterogeneously or unevenly

unevenly1398

oddly1597

mosaically1637

multipliciously1646

ununiformly1656

unsteadily1690

heterogeneously1775

unequably1834

spottily1842

patchily1891

inhomogeneously1909

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb]

confusedly1553

irregularly1595

oddly1597

rudely1656

eccentrically1678

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iv. 59 How odly thou repliest? He saies like a kinde Gentleman..wheres your mother?

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 70 How odly hee is suted.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 166 In Persia..Justice is so odly ballanced.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II ccxcv, in Poems (1878) III. 210 Nothing comes odly in; but from a fixt Determination, all things Rise or Fall.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 171 People..who having no Subsistence or Habitation..liv'd oddly.

1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 498 The symbols have passed from a contour sufficiently regular, to some lines oddly assembled.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 89 Pattering acorns oddly drop.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde viii. 81 The steps fell lightly and oddly, with a certain swing, for all they went so slowly.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage ciii. 541 He had a long head, unevenly shaped as though the skull had been pushed in here and there oddly.

1959 Economist 14 Feb. 612/1 A..fall in export deliveries..which gybes a little oddly with official trade figures.

1985 S. Hood Storm from Paradise (1988) 28 Her maid's uniform sat oddly on her gauche and underdeveloped body.

2001 D. Crystal Lang. & Internet vi. 182 The narrative style of emotes gives a somewhat literary flavour to the interaction, which sits oddly alongside the often highly colloquial tone of the direct speech.

a. In an extraordinary, unusual, or peculiar manner; fantastically; surprisingly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > oddly

odd1603

oddlya1616

quirkishly1673

queerly1698

singularly1752

quarely1805

rumly1819

funnily1837

peculiarly1847

funny1852

rummily1891

quirkily1926

off1966

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 200 How odly will it sound, that I Must aske my childe forgiuenesse?

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 28 A Japan Letter, odly painted.

1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 18 I profess it sounds odly, to say that Sugar is not sweet.

1765 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 8 For a long time behaved oddly, but he has come to again.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 44 How oddly beauties will behave!

1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xix. 284 Tossing her head, on which she wore a great pink turban, contrasting oddly with her blue brocade dress and yellow quilted petticoat.

1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xl. 336 David's face worked oddly for a moment.

1934 C. P. Snow Search I. iv. 66 There is something oddly touching about it as it lies there.

1953 G. Vidal Judgm. of Paris (1968) I. v. 142 She looked at him oddly, as though he had frightened her.

1999 Time 4 Jan. 180/3 A handsomely sung recital conducted by Domingo that reveals Cura's blind spot: his high-octane voice is oddly charmless.

b. Used as a sentence adverb: ‘strangely’, ‘curiously’. Originally and chiefly in oddly enough.

ΚΠ

1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. 480 Thus oddly enough it happens, that this passage of them all, which..is the only one that was meant to be dedicated expressly to the subject, is the least explicit on it.

1815 N. Amer. Rev. May 66 An English clergyman [who] is cited but once, and this oddly enough, to describe some of the processes of bundling.

1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Representative Men iv. 163 Oddly enough, the duplicate copy of Florio, which the British Museum purchased..turned out to have the autograph of Ben Jonson in the fly-leaf.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxiv. 190 Oddly enough he seemed to take a greater interest than ever in the Von Rosens.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark v. ii. 358 He threw out his hands. What Thea noticed, oddly enough, was the flash of the firelight on his cuff link.

1945 E. Bowen in New Writing & Daylight Sept. 24 In few of the rooms, oddly, were any inhabitants to be seen.

1973 I. Murdoch Black Prince i. 25 I disapprove of some things, oddly enough.

2001 N.Y. Times 13 May iv. 7/2 Hospital Lingo... L.O.L., little old lady. (Oddly, there is no male equivalent).

Compounds

Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as oddly assorted, oddly shaped, etc.

ΚΠ

1680 Don Tomazo 106 Good success in those two Places made them resolve to try how high they could build upon this same odly begun Foundation of the Worlds opinion.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. vi. 217 If several Men were to be asked, concerning some odly-shaped Fœtus, as soon as born, whether it were a Man, or no.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. x. iii. 82 Some of the company understood the signal, and even joined the two Pilgrims in their oddly-timed melody.

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables x. 168 So this oddly-composed little social party used to assemble under the ruinous arbor.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 285 The most strenuous adversaries of this oddly-fated Prince.

1879 E. Dowden Southey v. 136 The oddly-assorted pair met in Taylor's house.

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xvii. 128 He had bound together..several of the oddly shaped pine timbers to form a species of dead-fall trap.

1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island iv. 36 Her eyes were big and brown and velvety, under oddly-pointed black brows.

1999 New Scientist 15 May 43/2 A specific type of oddly shaped weight, called a banner stone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	oddly
释义	oddlyadv. Brit. /ˈɒdli/, U.S. /ˈɑdli/ Forms: see odd adj., n.¹, and adv. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: odd adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < odd adj. + -ly suffix². †1. Singularly; remarkably; nobly; choicely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [adverb] notablya1398 oddlyc1400 notable1481 remarkably1615 noteworthily1864 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adverb] onea1200 soulement?c1225 onlepilyc1275 onlepyc1350 alone?c1400 oddlyc1400 allenarly1444 sole1562 solely1588 exclusively1650 singly1655 uniquely1793 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > remarkably or extraordinarily outnumenlyc1175 outnumenc1225 disguisilyc1325 notablya1398 speciallya1398 oddc1400 oddlyc1400 singularlyc1430 strangelya1450 notable1481 outragec1540 out-takingly1549 supernaturally1578 rarely1581 extraordinarily1593 signally1598 unvulgarly1602 unexpectedly1605 essentially?1606 remarkably1615 unusually1615 particularly1616 eminently1632 extraordinary1632 markablya1634 considerably1646 surprisingly1661 out-of-the-way1718 unco1724 conspicuouslya1732 heroically1735 uncommonly1751 strikingly1752 uncommon1784 pronouncedly1785 markedly1811 awesomea1835 noticeably1845 rousing1847 exceptionally1848 outstandingly1851 prominently1885 accentedly1904 hella1987 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 698 (MED) I compast hem a kynde crafte..And amed hit in myn ordenaunce oddely dere. c1450 (?c1425) St. Christina in Anglia (1885) 8 120 Þen was I odly mery. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii Thy wordes and my mynde odly well accorde. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vi. sig. aij^v Cutting an odly great pomegranate. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 6859 So odly þai foght, That the grekes gaf bake. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 76 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 298 Galland he wes..And of all vþiris odly the best archeir In ony land. †2. Utterly, completely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] fullyeOE allesOE fullOE rightc1175 everydealc1300 wholec1300 whollya1325 finelyc1330 fairly1340 completec1374 gainlya1375 clearly1377 freelya1393 plaina1393 entire?a1400 entirelyc1400 oddlyc1400 sufficientlyc1440 expressc1475 totally1509 completely1526 finec1530 exactly?1531 sincerely1576 start1599 fillingly1611 circularly1618 solid1651 out-over1745 rotundly1775 roundedly?1802 whole hog1840 clear-away1883 whole cloth1917 righteous1948 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 923 (MED) Þou art oddely þyn one out of þis fylþe. 3. In reference to number: not evenly.oddly even: see even adj.¹ and n.² Phrases 7. oddly odd: see odd adj. 2d. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] > particular qualities > not evenly odda1398 oddly1570 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 185^v A number odly odde is that, which an odde number doth measure by an odde number. 1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. xii Arithmetic treats of Numbers..which is evenly odde, and which odly even. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 5 Even Numbers Oddly, these may be parted into equal halves, but the halves will be odd. 1974 L. M. Osen Women in Math. 35 When the emperor Hadrian inquires to know the ages of Sapientia's three daughters (Faith, Hope, and Charity), the reply is that Charity's age is represented by a defective evenly even number; Hope's by a defective evenly odd number; and that of Faith by an oddly even redundant one. 4. In an uneven, irregular, or incongruous manner; irregularly, haphazardly; †so as not to be even or equally balanced (obsolete). Now somewhat archaic, except as merging into sense 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adverb] > heterogeneously or unevenly unevenly1398 oddly1597 mosaically1637 multipliciously1646 ununiformly1656 unsteadily1690 heterogeneously1775 unequably1834 spottily1842 patchily1891 inhomogeneously1909 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] confusedly1553 irregularly1595 oddly1597 rudely1656 eccentrically1678 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iv. 59 How odly thou repliest? He saies like a kinde Gentleman..wheres your mother? View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 70 How odly hee is suted. View more context for this quotation 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 166 In Persia..Justice is so odly ballanced. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II ccxcv, in Poems (1878) III. 210 Nothing comes odly in; but from a fixt Determination, all things Rise or Fall. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 171 People..who having no Subsistence or Habitation..liv'd oddly. 1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 498 The symbols have passed from a contour sufficiently regular, to some lines oddly assembled. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 89 Pattering acorns oddly drop. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde viii. 81 The steps fell lightly and oddly, with a certain swing, for all they went so slowly. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage ciii. 541 He had a long head, unevenly shaped as though the skull had been pushed in here and there oddly. 1959 Economist 14 Feb. 612/1 A..fall in export deliveries..which gybes a little oddly with official trade figures. 1985 S. Hood Storm from Paradise (1988) 28 Her maid's uniform sat oddly on her gauche and underdeveloped body. 2001 D. Crystal Lang. & Internet vi. 182 The narrative style of emotes gives a somewhat literary flavour to the interaction, which sits oddly alongside the often highly colloquial tone of the direct speech. 5. a. In an extraordinary, unusual, or peculiar manner; fantastically; surprisingly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > oddly odd1603 oddlya1616 quirkishly1673 queerly1698 singularly1752 quarely1805 rumly1819 funnily1837 peculiarly1847 funny1852 rummily1891 quirkily1926 off1966 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 200 How odly will it sound, that I Must aske my childe forgiuenesse? View more context for this quotation 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 28 A Japan Letter, odly painted. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 18 I profess it sounds odly, to say that Sugar is not sweet. 1765 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 8 For a long time behaved oddly, but he has come to again. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 44 How oddly beauties will behave! 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xix. 284 Tossing her head, on which she wore a great pink turban, contrasting oddly with her blue brocade dress and yellow quilted petticoat. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xl. 336 David's face worked oddly for a moment. 1934 C. P. Snow Search I. iv. 66 There is something oddly touching about it as it lies there. 1953 G. Vidal Judgm. of Paris (1968) I. v. 142 She looked at him oddly, as though he had frightened her. 1999 Time 4 Jan. 180/3 A handsomely sung recital conducted by Domingo that reveals Cura's blind spot: his high-octane voice is oddly charmless. b. Used as a sentence adverb: ‘strangely’, ‘curiously’. Originally and chiefly in oddly enough. ΚΠ 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. 480 Thus oddly enough it happens, that this passage of them all, which..is the only one that was meant to be dedicated expressly to the subject, is the least explicit on it. 1815 N. Amer. Rev. May 66 An English clergyman [who] is cited but once, and this oddly enough, to describe some of the processes of bundling. 1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Representative Men iv. 163 Oddly enough, the duplicate copy of Florio, which the British Museum purchased..turned out to have the autograph of Ben Jonson in the fly-leaf. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxiv. 190 Oddly enough he seemed to take a greater interest than ever in the Von Rosens. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark v. ii. 358 He threw out his hands. What Thea noticed, oddly enough, was the flash of the firelight on his cuff link. 1945 E. Bowen in New Writing & Daylight Sept. 24 In few of the rooms, oddly, were any inhabitants to be seen. 1973 I. Murdoch Black Prince i. 25 I disapprove of some things, oddly enough. 2001 N.Y. Times 13 May iv. 7/2 Hospital Lingo... L.O.L., little old lady. (Oddly, there is no male equivalent). Compounds Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as oddly assorted, oddly shaped, etc. ΚΠ 1680 Don Tomazo 106 Good success in those two Places made them resolve to try how high they could build upon this same odly begun Foundation of the Worlds opinion. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. vi. 217 If several Men were to be asked, concerning some odly-shaped Fœtus, as soon as born, whether it were a Man, or no. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. x. iii. 82 Some of the company understood the signal, and even joined the two Pilgrims in their oddly-timed melody. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables x. 168 So this oddly-composed little social party used to assemble under the ruinous arbor. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 285 The most strenuous adversaries of this oddly-fated Prince. 1879 E. Dowden Southey v. 136 The oddly-assorted pair met in Taylor's house. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xvii. 128 He had bound together..several of the oddly shaped pine timbers to form a species of dead-fall trap. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island iv. 36 Her eyes were big and brown and velvety, under oddly-pointed black brows. 1999 New Scientist 15 May 43/2 A specific type of oddly shaped weight, called a banner stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c1400
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