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
The actual quirky bit is the ride height adjuster.
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Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2026
Located in the Roanoke City Market Building, Chocolatepaper also has quirky gifts, including funny socks, creative stationery, and more.
—Julekha Dash, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
Emblazoned with an old-school scuba diver riding a prawn, the bag of Garlic Shrimp Chips was 100% getting added to my cart—and not just because of the quirky marketing.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
Thrift shopping was quirky, niche, and maybe even a little countercultural.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for quirky
Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2026
Located in the Roanoke City Market Building, Chocolatepaper also has quirky gifts, including funny socks, creative stationery, and more.
—Julekha Dash, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
Emblazoned with an old-school scuba diver riding a prawn, the bag of Garlic Shrimp Chips was 100% getting added to my cart—and not just because of the quirky marketing.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
Thrift shopping was quirky, niche, and maybe even a little countercultural.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for quirky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirky
Adjective
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Weird neighbors and increasingly bizarre diversions plague every attempt Nameless Hero makes to get down the stairs of his building to the man who’s standing outside.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
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And in a bizarre twist, a criminal investigation has been opened after three dogs were found dead at the travel trailer where mauling victim Jodi Cowan was living at the time of the fatal attack.—
Natasha Holt,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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To work with Ed Asner, at that point, how funny would that have been?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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There are frequent funny asides and philosophical musings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 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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There’s been a weird weather quirk surrounding the national soccer teams that have made base camps in the Kansas City area.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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Another open question is how this apparent asteroid found its way into a weird orbit alongside Earth’s.—
Andrew Jones,
Scientific American,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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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
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The figures of fetal presentations from the sixteenth century are odd, charming things.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Penny, at just 16, was a brave girl — radiant, curious, full of light.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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And so my job is to really to pay attention and to be curious.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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Nick Westbrook-Ikhine’s peculiar transformation from a consistently productive NFL receiver to a virtual non-factor in the Dolphins’ passing game has been one of the confounding mysteries of Miami’s season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
11 Dec. 2025
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The Great Work landed in the hands of an editor who saw some potential in my dark, peculiar story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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To the local big-game purists, sharks were the stray dogs of the sea, and if Mundus was willing to control the population he was accepted as an eccentric asset to the community.—
Pat Smith,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
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Classed as a sednoid — an object similar to Sedna, a dwarf planet candidate in the outer solar system found in 2003 — Ammonite orbits beyond Neptune and has a highly eccentric orbital path.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirky. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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