weirdly

adverb

weird·​ly ˈwird-lē How to pronounce weirdly (audio)
: 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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That’s certainly not unique to McCarthy’s work, but the windup rabbit toy in Caveat is distinctly unnerving, thanks in large part to its weirdly human eyes. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025 The persistent wobble is wildly and weirdly terrifying. Sally Singer, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025 His biggest competition, weirdly, might be Matthews. Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 Of course, leave it to Shaprio — who famously had a meltdown over Barbie — to so widely miss the point of the film, while coming weirdly close. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weirdly

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of weirdly was in 1837

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“Weirdly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weirdly. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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