: in a strange and eerie manner : mysteriously, weirdly
The museum had closed for the night and it was eerily still.—
Brian Selznick
Brian SelznickIn a case eerily similar to the Vicki Hoskinson murder, an eleven-year-old girl in Louisiana disappeared while riding her bicycle.—David Fisher
David FisherExamples of eerily in a Sentence
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The pregnant mom-to-be went viral on TikTok after recounting her recent anatomy scan and sharing one of her sonogram images, which looked eerily like their dog Goulash.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Their dominance was eerily reminiscent to that of Luka Doncic against the Wolves in Los Angeles just three days prior.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Her idyllic life with her husband Aitor (Roberto Álamo) and their teenage son Sebas (Teo Soler) begins to crumble when Félix is released from prison, coinciding with a new wave of crimes that eerily mirror the murders committed 25 years ago.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The doc conceit falls away, replaced by a shallow attempt at the eerily elegant, off-kilter horror style codified by 2018’s Hereditary.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Their dominance was eerily reminiscent to that of Luka Doncic against the Wolves in Los Angeles just three days prior.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Her idyllic life with her husband Aitor (Roberto Álamo) and their teenage son Sebas (Teo Soler) begins to crumble when Félix is released from prison, coinciding with a new wave of crimes that eerily mirror the murders committed 25 years ago.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The doc conceit falls away, replaced by a shallow attempt at the eerily elegant, off-kilter horror style codified by 2018’s Hereditary.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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