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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Road trippers can make pitstops at historic sites and quirky landmarks, like the 66-foot-tall soda bottle at Pops 66 Soda Ranch in Oklahoma.
—Victoria E. Freile, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Arsham himself fashioned the quirky, matching-green instruments.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
Other quirky details of the ’60s-era file credenza include a lock that can be opened and closed with a coin (a subtle nod to the fact that the company was originally a hardware and lock business).
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 18 May 2026
Shiflet intentionally adds quirky twists annually, like mandatory stops at the Mexico border, roller rinks, or dirt racetracks, to prevent a straightforward speed race.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
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Victoria E. Freile, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Arsham himself fashioned the quirky, matching-green instruments.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
Other quirky details of the ’60s-era file credenza include a lock that can be opened and closed with a coin (a subtle nod to the fact that the company was originally a hardware and lock business).
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 18 May 2026
Shiflet intentionally adds quirky twists annually, like mandatory stops at the Mexico border, roller rinks, or dirt racetracks, to prevent a straightforward speed race.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quirky. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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