: 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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Her idyllic life with her husband Aitor (Roberto Álamo) and their teenage son Sebas (Teo Soler) begins to crumble when Félix is released from prison, coinciding with a new wave of crimes that eerily mirror the murders committed 25 years ago.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The doc conceit falls away, replaced by a shallow attempt at the eerily elegant, off-kilter horror style codified by 2018’s Hereditary.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
The circular nose that looks like a headlamp is eerily similar to the Electric EyeLight Triumph Rocket concept that broke out a year back.
—New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2025
Palantir has been eerily quiet since the August sell-off.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The doc conceit falls away, replaced by a shallow attempt at the eerily elegant, off-kilter horror style codified by 2018’s Hereditary.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
The circular nose that looks like a headlamp is eerily similar to the Electric EyeLight Triumph Rocket concept that broke out a year back.
—New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2025
Palantir has been eerily quiet since the August sell-off.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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