bizarrely

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English

Etymology

From bizarre +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bi‧zarre‧ly

Adverb

bizarrely (comparative more bizarrely, superlative most bizarrely)

  1. In a bizarre manner.
    • 1993 January 1, Holland Cotter, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times‎:
      The forms can be bizarrely funny when blown up to fill a canvas, as in "Supergastrico Compensado" (the artist prefers that his often punning titles remain untranslated), whose eroticized digestive systems have an appealing decorative flair.
    • 2009 June 17, Neil A. Lewis, “White House Defends Inspector General’s Firing”, in The New York Times‎:
      The White House said Wednesday that President Obama had dismissed a government agency’s internal watchdog because he was incompetent and had behaved bizarrely, disputing accusations that he was fired because he had uncovered embarrassing problems in the AmeriCorps program.
    • 2017, Sarah Winterton, The Wintertons Unmuzzled: The Life & Times of Nick & Ann Winterton, Two Westminster Mavericks, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
      [...] his 'crime' was discovered, was summoned to see the headmaster, Sir Arthur fforde. It could potentially have been a flogging offence, but the headmaster, bizarrely, offered him a glass of nonalcoholic sherry. It no doubt helped that fforde, like [...]

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