strangely Meaning, Definition & Usage

adverb in a strange manner
queerly; funnily; oddly.
- a queerly inscribed sheet of paper

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