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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And actually get the whole quirky, infectious shebang into the Billboard top five, selling over a million albums in a little over a month?
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The quirky handbag brand has been a trouble spot for Tapestry for some time and led to $855 million in asset and goodwill impairment charges in the quarter.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2025
And it’s been a viral sensation on social media for its quirky marketing campaigns and epic cheesepulls.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Preston plays the titular Elsbeth Tascioni, an attorney from Chicago who utilizes her equally unique and quirky perspective to help the New York Police Department solve crimes.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The quirky handbag brand has been a trouble spot for Tapestry for some time and led to $855 million in asset and goodwill impairment charges in the quarter.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2025
And it’s been a viral sensation on social media for its quirky marketing campaigns and epic cheesepulls.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Preston plays the titular Elsbeth Tascioni, an attorney from Chicago who utilizes her equally unique and quirky perspective to help the New York Police Department solve crimes.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quirky. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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