Strangely
['strendʒli]
Definition
(adv.) As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange.
(adv.) In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly.
(adv.) In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully.
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Examples
- His manner appeared to have altered strangely in the interval since I had last seen him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Erringly and strangely she began the task of self-examination with self-condemnation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It resulted, at any rate, in throwing Lily strangely on her own resources. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Presently, the chateau began to make itself strangely visible by some light of its own, as though it were growing luminous. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Gerald and Hermione were always strangely but politely and evenly inimical. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At such a distance as _that_, you know, things are strangely misrepresented. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Rachel looked at him very strangely--I can't well describe how--while he was speaking. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A meeting, which he anticipated with such joy, so strangely turned to bitterness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The interest which I really cannot help feeling in this strangely original man has led me to question Sir Percival about his past life. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This imperfect companionship, and our masquerade of union, are strangely dear to me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Gerald looked at him strangely, abstractedly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Let me now ask, just at this moment, when my mind is so strangely clear,--let me reflect why it was taken from me? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But Dorothea was strangely quiet--not immediately indignant, as she had been on a like occasion in Rome. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She knew Ursula as an immediate rival, and the knowledge strangely exhilarated her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now she was alone, an orphan, and they, strangely, had gone away from her, and vanished from the face of the earth. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You have been strangely importunate. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The brilliant stones gleamed strangely against his smooth, brown hide. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But she lingered strangely. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- My sister Sarah, with all the advantages of youth, was, strangely enough, less pliable. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I thought they treated me strangely, but didn't know. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For a minute he was a little stiff, and stood wrinkling his copper-coloured forehead strangely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And Mr. Hale thought of Margaret, that April evening, just as strangely and as persistently as she was thinking of him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It sounds strangely, I went on, in my old-fashioned ears---- What sounds strangely? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It had reminded Ursula again of home, of the Marsh, of her childhood, and of the journey to Brussels, and, strangely, of Anton Skrebensky. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I grew quite happy--strangely happy--in making him securecontent, tranquil. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Rachel advanced a step nearer, and looked at me very strangely. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I could only feel that what had passed between Miss Halcombe and myself, on our way from the summer-house, had affected me very strangely. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He seemed like topaz, so strangely brownish and pellucid. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Birkin, white and strangely ghostly, went over to the carved figure of the negro woman in labour. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And she was strangely dressed, from head to foot, all in white? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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