Strangely \Strange"ly\, adv.

1. As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange. [Obs.]

--Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly. [1913 Webster]

You all look strangely on me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

I do in justice charge thee . . . That thou commend it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or end it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully. [1913 Webster]

How strangely active are the arts of peace! --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

It would strangely delight you to see with what spirit he converses. --Law. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

strangely ad

verb

1: in a strange way; "he was strangely silent"
2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny" [syn: queerly, oddly, funnily, funny]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Strangely \Strange"ly\, adv.

1. As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange. [Obs.]

--Shak.

2. In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly.

You all look strangely on me. --Shak.

I do in justice charge thee . . . That thou commend it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or end it. --Shak.

3. In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully.

How strangely active are the arts of peace! --Dryden.

It would strangely delight you to see with what spirit he converses. --Law.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)