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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Before long, what started as a quirky obsession for the store worker became a collective quest for answers, even prompting trawls through historical records.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
These bricks from recycled coffee grounds aren't just a quirky experiment.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
The quirky show Murderbot suggests that intelligent machines might be interested in something other than humanity.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 5 July 2025
All of them feel unrecognizable to me, with the exception of Charlotte (played by Kristin Davis) and Harry (played by Evan Handler) who, out of all the characters, seem to have kept their original quirky dynamic.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 5 July 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
These bricks from recycled coffee grounds aren't just a quirky experiment.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
The quirky show Murderbot suggests that intelligent machines might be interested in something other than humanity.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 5 July 2025
All of them feel unrecognizable to me, with the exception of Charlotte (played by Kristin Davis) and Harry (played by Evan Handler) who, out of all the characters, seem to have kept their original quirky dynamic.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 5 July 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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