: 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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The speedy turnaround proved eerily prescient.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
Streets normally bustling with activity on weekends were eerily quiet.
—Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
The whole thing was eerily similar to when Paris Hilton gifted Fallon a Bored Ape NFT.
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When the house became eerily quiet, owner Vernon Cole looked for his dog, Charlie.
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David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
Streets normally bustling with activity on weekends were eerily quiet.
—Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
The whole thing was eerily similar to when Paris Hilton gifted Fallon a Bored Ape NFT.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
When the house became eerily quiet, owner Vernon Cole looked for his dog, Charlie.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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