: 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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Yet the eerily empty Bamy Hotel is not a refuge for adventure-seeking tourists or international business travelers these days.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
The game was eerily similar to what happened at this stage last season, when the Indiana Pacers rattled off a comeback overtime victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals to steal one on the Knicks’ floor.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 May 2026
The man who went back-to-back in eerily similar games explained all while chatting with Entertainment Weekly the morning after the finale.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
In another part of the lab, cells were being shocked with electricity to open up their walls or were glowing eerily on petri dishes.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
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ABC News, 28 May 2026
The game was eerily similar to what happened at this stage last season, when the Indiana Pacers rattled off a comeback overtime victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals to steal one on the Knicks’ floor.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 May 2026
The man who went back-to-back in eerily similar games explained all while chatting with Entertainment Weekly the morning after the finale.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
In another part of the lab, cells were being shocked with electricity to open up their walls or were glowing eerily on petri dishes.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for eerily
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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