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Recent Examples of weirdly
So there’s this thing that’s uniting them weirdly through loss.
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Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2026
Worst of all, like Zoolander 2 did before it, the film badly miscalculates the value of showbiz and industry cameos, which reach critical mass when the team members fly to Milan and, weirdly, only one of the latter (Donatella Versace, having an awkward lunch with Emily) seems to work.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
The failure of the network computer also made Ellison weirdly recalcitrant about the cloud.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
Indiana’s defensive coordinator got weirdly testy in response to a compliment by former Bama QB Simpson on the Hoosiers’ Rose Bowl dominance.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2026
Worst of all, like Zoolander 2 did before it, the film badly miscalculates the value of showbiz and industry cameos, which reach critical mass when the team members fly to Milan and, weirdly, only one of the latter (Donatella Versace, having an awkward lunch with Emily) seems to work.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
The failure of the network computer also made Ellison weirdly recalcitrant about the cloud.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
Indiana’s defensive coordinator got weirdly testy in response to a compliment by former Bama QB Simpson on the Hoosiers’ Rose Bowl dominance.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdly
Adverb
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Bath linens could have been softer and more luxurious given the hotel's price point and strangely, there was no toilet brush to be found in the WC (separate from the shower and sink).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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In a case of life imitating art, this whodunnit explores the investigation behind her disappearance, strangely resembling one of Christie’s own novels, where everyone in her life becomes a suspect, including her brother, Monty (Trevena).—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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The scene was genuinely awful to watch, but the movie—a story of plague, passion, period costumes, and an unwashed man in a tunic skipping town to cure writer’s block—ended up thrilling us; the portrayal of two creative minds working together (and apart) was, oddly, familiar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Digging, lifting oddly weighted objects and carrying things from one place to another are all part of the deal.—
Matt Parrott,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The restrictions started as the Charlotte region sank deeper into severe and extreme drought this spring after months of unusually dry weather.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Democrats’ unusually slow ballot returns hint at either strategic last-minute voting or voter fatigue, despite record-breaking campaign spending.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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“Weirdly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirdly. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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