not native to or naturally belonging in a place; of external origin, kind, or character
strange species
not known, heard, seen, or visited before
a strange man at the door
strange places
exciting wonder or surprise
strange doings
archaic (+ to) lacking experience or acquaintance of something; unaccustomed to it
We were strange to the experience
strange to say/tell
it is odd that; surprisingly
strangely adv
[Middle English via Old French estrange from Latin extraneus foreign, external, from extra outside, fem. of exter: see exterior1]