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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}]




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