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strangelyRelated to strangely: insightful curiously enoughBafflingly; surprisingly; atypically. Curiously enough, it turned out that we both knew John, but had met him in two different parts of the world. He seems, curiously enough, happy that the police caught him. Their newest machine is curiously enough a slight step back when it comes to performance and design. See also: curiously, enough funnily enoughBafflingly; surprisingly; atypically. Funnily enough, it turned out that we both knew John, but had met him in two different parts of the world. He seems, funnily enough, happy that the police caught him. Their newest machine is funnily enough a slight step back when it comes to performance and design. See also: enough, funnily strange to sayBafflingly; surprisingly; atypically. Strange to say, it turned out that we both knew John, but had met him in two different parts of the world. He seemed happy that the police caught him, strange to say. Their newest device, is strange to say, a slight step back when it comes to performance and design. See also: say, strange strangely enoughBafflingly; surprisingly; atypically. Strangely enough, it turned out that we both knew John, but had met him in two different parts of the world. He seems, strangely enough, happy that the police caught him. Their newest device is strangely enough a slight step back when it comes to performance and design. See also: enough, strangely Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. strange to sayAlso, strangely enough. Surprisingly, curiously, unaccountably, as in Strange to say, all the boys in his class are six feet tall or taller, or I've never been to the circus, strangely enough. This idiom was first recorded in 1697 as strange to relate. See also: say, strange The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. ˌcuriously, ˌfunnily, ˌstrangely, etc. eˈnough used to show that something is surprising: Funnily enough, I was born on exactly the same day as my wife.See also: enough Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also:- curiously
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References in periodicals archive Once she did, I noticed that her underwear was strangely bulky - what she wore had secret folds inside. Woman jailed for smuggling 1kg cocaine in underwear With earth-toned art and strangely amiable characters, even the toughest reader will find something to enjoy in this gem. Sheinkin, Steve. The adventures of Rabbi Harvey; a graphic novel of Jewish wisdom and wit in the Wild West Strangely, Brandon Biebel joined the goof troop with a mime act because he wanted to. Talent show tough on girl team ams: Carroll, Howard flip script and focus on non-skate skills ERIC McNamara reports that Strangely Brown and Stoneville are set to return to the fray shortly. Horse Racing: ...UNDER STARTER'S ORDERS... RACING: TYRONE HANDLER BIDS TO MAKE A MARK ON GROUP 1 DEBUT Henry Nicholls' Lonesome George: The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon (Macmillan, $24.95) is rather strangely titled, since despite biologists' best efforts, George (whose age is a subject of some debate) never really had any "love" in his life. Last of his kind Strangely the connection was missed on the front-page article. Wither or grow? At times imperceptible yet oddly omnipresent, neither obtrusive nor interesting yet strangely uplifting, the Muzak, it seems, has escaped the elevator. Sing, sing a song As moving (if strangely banal) a primer as last night's performance had been, I wondered if it were really a "reenactment" at all, since Nauman's original never quite insisted on enactment in the first place. Repeat performance: Johanna Burton on Marina Abramovic's Seven Easy Pieces Not too strangely perhaps, prosperity has created its own special problems. Boomtime What makes them act strangely is not seeing themselves, which they probably don't recognize, but seeing an image that has no smell. Monkey see, monkey smell Goldblatt has an acute eye for the nuances and dynamics of the post-apartheid condition which gives his shots a bleak yet strangely moving resonance. Intersections Strangely (because the wet T-shirt contests are so easy to avoid), Cancun continues to suffer from being perceived as a spring break nightmare. Cancun can do upscale Radu Ioanid and his mother were among the Jews ransomed by Israel from Ceaucescu's Romania, and in The Ransom Of The Jews: The Story Of Extraordinary Secret Bargain Between Romania And Israel, he sets to rest the various myths and rumors about a policy which strangely enough resulted in the author's freedom. The Ransom of the Jews Strangely, after the war and emancipation the space was reconstructed into two separate balconies, and blacks were no longer allowed even in a segregated section. Separate seating The four couples--the women on pointe--perform dazzling, spinning duets and ensembles in which limbs and bodies meld into strangely abstract forms. Lock realigned |