quirkier; quirkiest
: having many quirks : unusual in especially an interesting or appealing way
a quirky sense of humor
quirky ideas/behavior
a quirky and creative artist
… the SoHo store known for its modern, often quirky home accessories …—
Marianne Rohrlich
Marianne RohrlichThe result is an extraordinarily fine film, a quieter, more centered vision of Garp's world that loses little of the quirky humor of the original …—Molly Haskell
Molly Haskell
quirkily
adverb
His political ideas, which had seemed quirkily brilliant in the 1900's …
—Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid Sheed
… he is gregarious and energetic and … enjoys a quirkily methodical, omnivorous turn of mind …
—Cullen Murphy
Cullen Murphy
quirkiness
noun
… is gaining international prominence in interior-design circles simply because its content diverges with typically English quirkiness, from that of its competitors.
—John Duka
John Duka
Examples of quirky in a Sentence
the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers
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This slim volume by Benoît Gallot, its enthusiastic head conservator since 2018, is as crammed with quirky facts as the 110-acre cemetery is crammed with burial plots.
—Heller McAlpin, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
This week’s offerings include serial killers, space rebellions, quirky detectives and much more.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Gideon Glick stars as Tobias, a quirky but gifted choreographer, who is sent to Paris in a swap between the companies.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The cast traveled to Philadelphia to film the season’s final episode at the Children’s Touch Me Museum, a quirky and fitting backdrop for the closing moments.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
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Heller McAlpin, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
This week’s offerings include serial killers, space rebellions, quirky detectives and much more.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Gideon Glick stars as Tobias, a quirky but gifted choreographer, who is sent to Paris in a swap between the companies.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The cast traveled to Philadelphia to film the season’s final episode at the Children’s Touch Me Museum, a quirky and fitting backdrop for the closing moments.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quirky
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quirky. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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