: in a strange and eerie manner : mysteriously, weirdly
The museum had closed for the night and it was eerily still.—
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He was shot at a local block of apartments, which, eerily, was not too far from where a police officer killed Brown.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In the former, a trail of sparkles follows visitors’ fingers on a touchscreen showing a film about the dawn of telecoms whilst the history of transport is told by eerily-lifelike soaring statues created by WETA, the firm behind the effects in the Lord of the Rings films.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The tormentor of a quarterback, whose two touchdown runs were eerily similar to those which fashioned Jeanty a household name and top 10 pick, makes the Bulls a larger blip on Florida’s radar than expected.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The Crimson were outscored 276-103, and while no one can say if Zipf spent any of his final fall Saturdays in the stands down in Allston, the proportion of points scored versus points given up was eerily consistent with his 80-20 theory.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In the former, a trail of sparkles follows visitors’ fingers on a touchscreen showing a film about the dawn of telecoms whilst the history of transport is told by eerily-lifelike soaring statues created by WETA, the firm behind the effects in the Lord of the Rings films.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The tormentor of a quarterback, whose two touchdown runs were eerily similar to those which fashioned Jeanty a household name and top 10 pick, makes the Bulls a larger blip on Florida’s radar than expected.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The Crimson were outscored 276-103, and while no one can say if Zipf spent any of his final fall Saturdays in the stands down in Allston, the proportion of points scored versus points given up was eerily consistent with his 80-20 theory.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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