odd
/ɑd/ adjective B2- Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected. · She slept in, which was very odd.
- Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
- Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched. · Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.· My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.
- Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped. · I'm the odd one out.
- Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern. · I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it.· but for the odd exception
- Not regular or planned. · He's only worked odd jobs.
- Used or employed for odd jobs.
Comparative odder · Superlative oddest
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There is a strong family resemblance about misdeeds, and if you have all the details of a thousand at your finger ends, it is odd if you can’t unravel the thousand and first.
There was eighty odd pounds in it, but nothing had been taken.
Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof.
“It’s no wonder Matthew and Marilla are both a little odd, living away back here by themselves.
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