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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His Versace is quirky and sexy.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
The Toilet Seat Cut This is perhaps one of the Keys’ most interesting and quirky attractions.
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This isn’t just a quirky uncle at Thanksgiving doling out wacky advice.
—Flavia Mangan Colgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
The prolific and iconoclastic filmmaker — who was previously a successful French electronic musician and record producer — is known for his absurdist and quirky sense of humor, as well as his boldness that stands out in the French cinema landscape.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
The Toilet Seat Cut This is perhaps one of the Keys’ most interesting and quirky attractions.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
This isn’t just a quirky uncle at Thanksgiving doling out wacky advice.
—Flavia Mangan Colgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
The prolific and iconoclastic filmmaker — who was previously a successful French electronic musician and record producer — is known for his absurdist and quirky sense of humor, as well as his boldness that stands out in the French cinema landscape.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quirky. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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