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
What was once dismissed as a quirky preference is now being studied as a meaningful signal of health, safety and compatibility.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Dinosaur World For a quirky and low-key alternative to the big Florida theme parks, head to Dinosaur World in Plant City, about a 20-minute drive from downtown Tampa or roughly an hour from Orlando via I-4.
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Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Beyond the main duo, the second quirky step-sister Margot reveals herself as a memorable, quirky character.
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Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Mumy's love for music eventually led to even more success in the form of Barnes & Barnes, his quirky rock and novelty duo group with the late Robert Haimer.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for quirky
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Dinosaur World For a quirky and low-key alternative to the big Florida theme parks, head to Dinosaur World in Plant City, about a 20-minute drive from downtown Tampa or roughly an hour from Orlando via I-4.
—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Beyond the main duo, the second quirky step-sister Margot reveals herself as a memorable, quirky character.
—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Mumy's love for music eventually led to even more success in the form of Barnes & Barnes, his quirky rock and novelty duo group with the late Robert Haimer.
—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for quirky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirky
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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.
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This has produced a toxic and bizarre backlash.
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This scene is funny as well as poignant because Albert was played by the late Rob Reiner.
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But while there are occasionally funny moments, these movies are emblematic of the dumbing down of America.
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
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So, that was kind of quite weird.
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But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
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Food also figured into other odd roadway incidents.
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Maternal Instinct lays out how Parker moved from a web of odd, though ultimately harmless lies about the fake pregnancy to killing her pregnant friend (Simmons-Hancock), and abducting her unborn fetus to present to her then-boyfriend, Wade Griffin, as their own.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Strange-looking body parts, peculiar backgrounds and photos of smiling teens who don’t actually exist.
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Digging into the Warren Commission’s evidence, in Meagher’s time, was regarded as something more than eccentric.
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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.
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirky. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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