as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers
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Recent Examples of quirky
Creative expression gets a friendly nudge as The Love Goddess Venus highlights your 5th House of Creativity, cooperating with quirky Uranus in your 3rd House of Communication.
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Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
The series delighted viewers with quirky humor and idiosyncratic characters, with a cast that included Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons, Mayim Bialik and Johnny Galecki, to name a few.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
The wide fairways saddle back to the middle, the greens roll true with some quirky slopes, the ocean views are spectacular, every blade of grass is well maintained, and the fresh ocean breezes can wreak havoc on some of your shots.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
This khaki hue balances the quirky shape out to feel more elevated, IMO.
—Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 12 June 2026
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Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
The series delighted viewers with quirky humor and idiosyncratic characters, with a cast that included Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons, Mayim Bialik and Johnny Galecki, to name a few.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
The wide fairways saddle back to the middle, the greens roll true with some quirky slopes, the ocean views are spectacular, every blade of grass is well maintained, and the fresh ocean breezes can wreak havoc on some of your shots.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
This khaki hue balances the quirky shape out to feel more elevated, IMO.
—Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirky
Adjective
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In a bizarre scene at the ceremony, his troops stood at attention as Ríos addressed them in a live video feed from a Bogotá prison.—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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This has produced a toxic and bizarre backlash.—
Tom Deignan,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
Adjective
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Other members of the cast contribute some sharp edges and moments that are legitimately funny.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Someone’s losing their dignity, and that’s funny.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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Truth is stranger than fiction.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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As Photay, Shornstein—a master synthesist and producer—flits between atmospheric house, dubby breakbeat workouts, and chirping electro funk, building his songs’ arrangements into strange, angular shapes.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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So, that was kind of quite weird.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
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But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
Adjective
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However, because cities still hold elections in odd years — where Democratic turnout is historically higher than in Republican-leaning suburbs and rural areas — the math could tip in the amendment’s favor.—
Jeffrey M. Wice,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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Immediately after alighting from its fanciful detour, Woods makes the odd decision to leave Emily’s perspective and lock into Sylvia’s.—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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The film, released as an accompaniment to the band’s 2017 album, Spirit, is a curious reminder of the path music takes after it’s released into the world.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
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To my father, wellness was not a goal to be optimized, but rather something that came naturally with a curious, family-oriented, and altruistic existence.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Adjective
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There is a peculiar optimism embedded in the leadership development industry — a near-religious conviction that with the right workshop, the right coach, the right 360-degree feedback tool, any leader can be transformed into a better version of themselves.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Strange-looking body parts, peculiar backgrounds and photos of smiling teens who don’t actually exist.—
Shaddi Abusaid,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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Digging into the Warren Commission’s evidence, in Meagher’s time, was regarded as something more than eccentric.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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While peers have pushed the genre toward radio-ready house-pop or dubiously eccentric experiments, Pond remain tethered to the sound that produced their last true breakout.—
Cassidy Sollazzo,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirky. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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