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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For more cold-climate shivers also see Finnish Weird, a quirky and often surprisingly spooky literary trove from the lands of the midnight sun.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Beyond the festivities, visitors can explore Vilnius’ UNESCO-listed Old Town, thriving food scene, quirky Užupis district, and sprawling green spaces.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Gehry designed the Ray and Maria Stata Center, a quirky looking building on the MIT campus in Cambridge that opened in 2004.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
What began as one family's 2009 quirky fun now draws 12,000 spectators a year and raises money for local charities.
—Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Beyond the festivities, visitors can explore Vilnius’ UNESCO-listed Old Town, thriving food scene, quirky Užupis district, and sprawling green spaces.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Gehry designed the Ray and Maria Stata Center, a quirky looking building on the MIT campus in Cambridge that opened in 2004.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
What began as one family's 2009 quirky fun now draws 12,000 spectators a year and raises money for local charities.
—Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 5 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 8 Dec. 2025.
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