: 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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The way that Nathan’s wealth and ideology blinds him to the implications and risks of his technology is eerily similar to the behavior of contemporary techworld figures like Palantir’s Alex Karp.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
Yes, there was something in the season four finale that eerily paralleled the real world and was very much connected to myself.
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Whole hunks of Islamabad’s sprawling road grid are eerily silent.
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The streets were eerily empty, with bus service suspended and taxi drivers unable to find gasoline.
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David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
Yes, there was something in the season four finale that eerily paralleled the real world and was very much connected to myself.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Whole hunks of Islamabad’s sprawling road grid are eerily silent.
—Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
The streets were eerily empty, with bus service suspended and taxi drivers unable to find gasoline.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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