: 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
David FisherExamples of eerily in a Sentence
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The Louvre is said to have once run outdated Windows Server 2003 software and had unguarded rooftop access, something eerily similar to how the recent thieves used an electric ladder to reach a balcony.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
On the backside watch for two distinctive formations, the spires of Rabbit Ears and the eerily smooth dome of Spaceship Rock.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Tragedy strikes many times in this decades-spanning story, in many forms, but the defining event of Grainier’s life sees his home burned to the ground, an event that eerily prefigures the LA fires of early 2025.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
The housing crisis took place in 2008 but Adam McKay’s The Big Short still feels eerily relevant.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 7 Nov. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
On the backside watch for two distinctive formations, the spires of Rabbit Ears and the eerily smooth dome of Spaceship Rock.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Tragedy strikes many times in this decades-spanning story, in many forms, but the defining event of Grainier’s life sees his home burned to the ground, an event that eerily prefigures the LA fires of early 2025.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
The housing crisis took place in 2008 but Adam McKay’s The Big Short still feels eerily relevant.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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