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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Sides like garlicky broccoli rabe, hand-cut fries, and Brussels sprouts with hot honey and Cap'n Crunch cereal (a quirky but popular dish) round out the menu alongside pastas, small plates and entrees of meatballs and pork Milanese.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
In the latest full-length feature the SpongeBob franchise stays on brand with its fun, silly, and quirky adventures and humor.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
While there were quirky moments and asides — about holiday music, a hoagie and more — the point of the hearing was to help the judge assess whether Mangione voluntarily spoke to police and whether the officers were justified in searching his property before getting a warrant.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
The nostalgist in me would have happily kept the brown-orange checkerboard floor tiles, one of those delightfully quirky details that made the old rooms feel so unmistakably of their time.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
In the latest full-length feature the SpongeBob franchise stays on brand with its fun, silly, and quirky adventures and humor.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
While there were quirky moments and asides — about holiday music, a hoagie and more — the point of the hearing was to help the judge assess whether Mangione voluntarily spoke to police and whether the officers were justified in searching his property before getting a warrant.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
The nostalgist in me would have happily kept the brown-orange checkerboard floor tiles, one of those delightfully quirky details that made the old rooms feel so unmistakably of their time.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 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 21 Dec. 2025.
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