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

The action feels so different from the gunplay of the first game, and yet eerily familiar. — George Yang, Space.com, 22 June 2026

Aemond, without his eyepatch and his artificial eye glowing eerily, does find satisfaction. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026

This one would have been an even better comparison if the New York Knicks hadn't gone and won the whole damn thing this year, but these two sports teams are still eerily similar. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026

The descriptions of the perpetrators were often eerily similar. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eerily

• cheerily
• drearily