ee·ri·ly
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Definition of eerily
: in a strange and eerie manner : mysteriously, weirdly
The museum had closed for the night and it was eerily still.— Brian Selznick In 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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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of eerily was in 1847
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