: 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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Many people pointed out that the voice, which sometimes seemed to veer into flirtation, was eerily similar to Scarlett Johannson’s in the 2013 dystopian sci-fi film Her.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 21 May 2024
Truthfully, Fix looks eerily like the Jessica Jones star.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 May 2024
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Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 21 May 2024
Truthfully, Fix looks eerily like the Jessica Jones star.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for eerily
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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