: 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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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026
Nearly a decade later, eerily parallel findings in a vertebrate would tip the scales.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
Fudali attended the federal criminal trial of the Alexander brothers in Manhattan on Tuesday, and said that the testimony of the first victim was eerily similar to his client’s.
—Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The Carbones around the world offer an almost eerily similar experience to each other.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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 9 Feb. 2026.
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