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

Cue an initial sea-creature attack less bloody than those to come, but perhaps the film’s most eerily and alarmingly constructed setpiece. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 July 2026

Shooting aftermath in Seattle A USA TODAY Network reporter at the scene of the shooting Monday morning found the festival space empty of people but otherwise eerily unchanged from the moments leading up to the shooting. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 28 July 2026

During that 1994 Nightline segment, the interviewer Aaron Brown offered a question to Heyman and American Legion National Commander William Detweiler that feels eerily applicable today. — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Some homes were eerily frozen in time, with bowls still filled with food. — New York Times, 20 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eerily

• cheerily
• drearily