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