: 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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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
The Florida incident is eerily similar to the November 2022 shooting that killed Offset’s cousin andfu fellow Migos member Takeoff at a Houston bowling alley.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2026
The city was eerily quiet after midnight.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Just a mile away from SoFi Stadium, a stretch of downtown Inglewood is eerily quiet.
—Angela Osorio, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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