odd

odd
adj.
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste
consider sth, find sth, think sth

I find it odd that she takes so long to do that job.

I didn't think it odd at the time.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
decidedly, distinctly

There's something distinctly odd about her.

especially, particularly
a little, slightly, etc.
PHRASES
how odd

How odd that he should come from the same town as me.

it is odd to think

It's odd to think I will never see her again.

something odd

There's something odd going on.

Odd is used with these nouns: ↑angle, ↑appearance, ↑assortment, ↑bit, ↑character, ↑choice, ↑coincidence, ↑collection, ↑combination, ↑corner, ↑dream, ↑expression, ↑fashion, ↑feeling, ↑habit, ↑kind, ↑lapse, ↑look, ↑mannerism, ↑mix, ↑mixture, ↑moment, ↑note, ↑number, ↑pair, ↑piece, ↑quirk, ↑remark, ↑request, ↑sensation, ↑sense of humour, ↑shape, ↑shower, ↑sight, ↑situation, ↑sock, ↑sort, ↑thing, ↑turn, ↑twist, ↑way

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