: 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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Other posts included footage of officers running through an eerily empty mall with guns drawn.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
Over the last 30-odd years, what was intended to be a temporary shelter has become a long-term purgatory, and that eerily stretched stillness of time is poignantly captured in Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel‘s debut documentary.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
Teddy's disappearance, eerily similar to the disappearance of Nile's first wife, Madison (Leila George), prompts Aggie to start working with the FBI.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
The video looks eerily similar to what was captured outside Bright Elementary School on Monday, when a group of kids attacked Hatter and her 9-year-old son.
—Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
Over the last 30-odd years, what was intended to be a temporary shelter has become a long-term purgatory, and that eerily stretched stillness of time is poignantly captured in Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel‘s debut documentary.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
Teddy's disappearance, eerily similar to the disappearance of Nile's first wife, Madison (Leila George), prompts Aggie to start working with the FBI.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
The video looks eerily similar to what was captured outside Bright Elementary School on Monday, when a group of kids attacked Hatter and her 9-year-old son.
—Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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