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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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