: 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 pattern of scares matches nicely with the pattern of comedy, in the sense that the timing of a joke weirdly lines up with the timing of a jump scare.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
The near-equal weight put on those two wildly disparate emotional arcs seems weirdly fitting of a narrative that’s clearly been influenced by a utilitarian understanding of game design.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
Seating audiences very close together, but weirdly far from the action, heightened both social tension and self-consciousness.
—Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Vivo’s portrait mode can also use all of the phone’s lenses, while Xiaomi 14 Ultra’s portrait mode weirdly does not use its 5X Periscope camera.
—Ben Sin, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
The near-equal weight put on those two wildly disparate emotional arcs seems weirdly fitting of a narrative that’s clearly been influenced by a utilitarian understanding of game design.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
Seating audiences very close together, but weirdly far from the action, heightened both social tension and self-consciousness.
—Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Vivo’s portrait mode can also use all of the phone’s lenses, while Xiaomi 14 Ultra’s portrait mode weirdly does not use its 5X Periscope camera.
—Ben Sin, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Weirdly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weirdly. Accessed 25 Jan. 2025.
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