eerily

adverb

ee·​ri·​ly ˈir-ə-lē 

: 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

Examples of eerily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The descriptions of the perpetrators, many of whom carried a knife, were often eerily similar; several were roughly the same height, weight and race. — ProPublica, 14 July 2026

As early as the mid-1950s, eerily similar parks started appearing across America and even Canada, Europe and Australia, all using fairy-tale themes and catering to a child’s unique viewpoint. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Balderas-Ibarra and many others have criticized the statement as eerily similar to what the agency said following other shootings, including that of Renee Good in Minneapolis in January and Marimar Martinez in Chicago in October 2025. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 July 2026

Mac still hasn’t quite put everything back together again, even after a rookie season that was eerily close to Nix’s numbers in 2024. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eerily

• cheerily
• drearily