: 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
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Even if this specific cinematic universe suddenly felt eerily relevant to our own?
To be fair, the duo’s 28 Years Later… misses syncing up its in-house timeline with an IRL one by five years.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Combined with public content like blog posts and interviews, this allows attackers to create an AI persona that feels eerily tailored.
—Ankush Chowdhary, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Set during a presidential election cycle that eerily reflected the one going on in the real world, the show’s metaphorical relevance soared to an all-time high.
—Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
This deceleration eerily coincides with a big decline in government R&D spending, which peaked at over 1.8% of gross domestic product in the mid-1960s.
—Andrew Fieldhouse, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Combined with public content like blog posts and interviews, this allows attackers to create an AI persona that feels eerily tailored.
—Ankush Chowdhary, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Set during a presidential election cycle that eerily reflected the one going on in the real world, the show’s metaphorical relevance soared to an all-time high.
—Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
This deceleration eerily coincides with a big decline in government R&D spending, which peaked at over 1.8% of gross domestic product in the mid-1960s.
—Andrew Fieldhouse, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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