: 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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Kittle’s exit cast an eerily familiar pall over the 49ers’ prospects as three years earlier here, when Purdy sustained a torn elbow ligament on their opening drive of the NFC Championship Game.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
In Pluribus, Seehorn plays Carol Sturka, a romance author who is one of only 13 people immune to an alien virus that turned billions of people into an eerily happy collective hive mind.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The next two teams on this list find themselves in eerily similar situations, from barren rosters to enviable cap space to hope at the quarterback position.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
The roster makeup at Ole Miss and Indiana, in terms of contributions from transfers, is eerily similar.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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Cam Inman, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
In Pluribus, Seehorn plays Carol Sturka, a romance author who is one of only 13 people immune to an alien virus that turned billions of people into an eerily happy collective hive mind.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The next two teams on this list find themselves in eerily similar situations, from barren rosters to enviable cap space to hope at the quarterback position.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
The roster makeup at Ole Miss and Indiana, in terms of contributions from transfers, is eerily similar.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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