This weekend the British press finds itself in a strangesort of limbo.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And what a strangesort of a sensation it is.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Definition of 'sort'
sort
(sɔːʳt)Explore 'sort' in the dictionary
countable noun
If you talk about a particular sort of something, you are talking about a class of things that have particular featuresin common and that belong to a larger group of related things.
Definition of 'strange'
strange
(streɪndʒ)Explore 'strange' in the dictionary
adjective
Something that is strange is unusual or unexpected, and makes you feel slightly nervous or afraid.
strangelyadverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]