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As the day goes on, Jim goes from a caricature of an arrogant male director to an oddly compelling picture of a pathetic man, moved by spite toward his ex-wife, Anita.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
One day at a time, this oddly compatible pair follow the murderer’s trail from the Hollywood Hills to posh Palm Springs, with colorful characters making cameo appearances along the way.
—Liza Tully, People.com, 6 July 2025
These cells were a bit too chatty in brains with depression, but oddly quiet in PTSD, hinting at a key difference between the two conditions despite their many genetic overlaps.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Johansson’s performance is strange, swinging from oddly perky to grief-stricken by both the loss of her mother and a colleague in a car bombing.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 5 July 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
One day at a time, this oddly compatible pair follow the murderer’s trail from the Hollywood Hills to posh Palm Springs, with colorful characters making cameo appearances along the way.
—Liza Tully, People.com, 6 July 2025
These cells were a bit too chatty in brains with depression, but oddly quiet in PTSD, hinting at a key difference between the two conditions despite their many genetic overlaps.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Johansson’s performance is strange, swinging from oddly perky to grief-stricken by both the loss of her mother and a colleague in a car bombing.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
weirdly
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Maybe old memories creep in, or dreams get weirdly intense.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
20 July 2025
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Yes, the arrangement is heavy, and kind of thuds along; yes, the vocals are weirdly processed, and that shh-ooh-ah quasi-beatbox thing should go.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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