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[ US /ˈɑd/ ]
[ US /ˈɑd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- not divisible by two
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beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
her speech has a funny twang
a curious hybrid accent
had an odd name
singular behavior
something definitely queer about this town
the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
they have some funny ideas about war
what a rum fellow -
not used up
some odd dollars left
leftover meatloaf
she had a little money left over so she went to a movie
saved the remaining sandwiches for supper
unexpended provisions -
of the remaining member of a pair
an odd glove
unpaired socks -
not easily explained
it is odd that his name is never mentioned -
an indefinite quantity more than that specified
invited 30-odd guests
How To Use odd In A Sentence
- Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
- I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
- He did stand a long way off the odd ditch but once there was a little less gas in the tank he was really good. Times, Sunday Times
- With a little coo of happiness he began to toddle forwards into the darkness, still clutching his bottle. MY BABYSITTER BITES BACK
- For a few odd and unsettling moments, the song hovers on its own, left virtually untouched except for the subtle fuzz of static in the background.
- His mother and father thought Jim was a bit of an oddball too.
- I befriended a couple of the kids, and together we built a raft that we would row down the Dodder as far as the great waterfall in Donnybrook.
- Nakamura even gives them a bit of an Odd Couple twist: Buddha is frugal and kind of uptight; Jesus goes with the flow. License request day: Saint Young Men
- I thought he was a bit of a fruitcake or an odd fish.
- Written with charm and humour, this is a touching, absorbing oddity of a book about love, grief, avarice and generosity.