strange
/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ adjective A1- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation. · He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience. · I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
- Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- Not belonging to one.
Comparative stranger · Superlative strangest
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Dorothy did not know what to say to this, for all the people seemed to think her a witch, and she knew very well she was only an ordinary little girl who had come by the chance of a cyclone into a strange land.
The sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.
In the gallery there were many family portraits, but they could have little to fix the attention of a stranger.
Neither Mercédès nor Edmond observed the strange expression of his countenance; they were so happy that they were conscious only of the sunshine and the presence of each other.
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