Aback and Oddly

Aback

Aback adverb - Without warning.
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Oddly and aback are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Oddly" instead an adverb "Aback".

Oddly

Oddly adverb - In a strange manner.
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Aback and oddly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aback" instead an adverb "Oddly".

Nearby Words: odd, oddity

Both words in one sentence

  • In Persona 4 in both English and Japanese Rise oddly insists on calling Kanji by his first name without honorific (which he's taken aback by) for no explained reason.
  • Video Game / Bravely Default Ma'am Shock: An oddly translated line results in a strange gender-inversion of this in the English version, where Ringabel is utterly taken aback when the two little girls looking for hairpins call him "Mister".
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