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weird·ly | \ ˈwird-lē 
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\Definition of weirdly
: in a weird manner : in a strange way
a weirdly familiar place has been behaving weirdly lately … in the pellucid air everything seemed weirdly beautiful …— P. G. Wodehouse
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The first known use of weirdly was in 1837
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