oddly
/ˈɑdli/adverb
oddly is spelled O-D-D-L-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, oddly means “In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in oddly?
| Letters | 5: O-D-D-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is oddly?
Oddly appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce oddly?
- US /ˈɑdli/
- UK /ˈɒdli/
Oddly has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-oddly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oddly?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oddly from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdli/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does oddly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
For December, it was oddly warm.
- 2
In a manner measured by an odd number.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oddly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense strangely:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étrangement |
| Portuguese | estranhamente |
| Spanish | extrañamente, curiosamente, sorprendentemente, anómalamente, inexplicablemente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does oddly come from?
From Middle English oddely, odly, equivalent to odd + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).