strange
adj
1 odd, unusual, or extraordinary in appearance, effect, manner, etc.; peculiar
2 not known, seen, or experienced before; unfamiliar
a strange land
3 not easily explained
a strange phenomenon
4 usually foll by: to inexperienced (in) or unaccustomed (to)
strange to a task
5 not of one's own kind, locality, etc.; alien; foreign
7 ♦
strange to say it is unusual or surprising that
a denoting a particular flavour of quark
b denoting or relating to a hypothetical form of matter composed of such quarks
strange matter, a strange star
adv
9 Not standard in a strange manner
(C13: from Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus foreign; see extraneous)
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strangely adv