WEIRDLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

weirdly

adverb

Definition of weirdly

as in strangely

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Recent Examples of weirdly Review recurring charges, joint expenses, or obligations that have gotten weirdly vague. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026 Chunks of flesh fly after a weirdly convoluted introduction to a family possessed. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 And yet for God’s sake, just look at the man—at his dispiriting attempts at humor, his weirdly off-putting outfits, his incessant posting of banalities and faux profundities and extreme-right disinformation on social media. — Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026 Critics weren’t as fond of the weirdly toothless movie, but audiences showed up anyway. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for weirdly

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Adverb

Banks nearly had another one on Winston in the final 11-on-11 situational period, but the ball clanged off his hands near the goal line … Dart strangely lowered his shoulder on a QB run to the right on one play and made some contact with defenders.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
Watching the slow, unthinking undulations of Technicolor bells trailing lengthy tentacles like slo-mo ribbon dancers is strangely soothing.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of strangely

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There’s something oddly binding about being on a family phone plan.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026
The latter is already a two-time Grammy winner – both in rap fields, oddly – while Scott has collected 10 nominations at music’s biggest night without ever taking home a trophy.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of oddly

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Building a wall may even be its own kind of narrative project—a peculiarly linear one.

— Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
This peculiarly stubborn barrier to the franchise held strong until Puerto Rican citizens took it to court, finally succeeding 60 years ago today, June 13, 1966.

— Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026

Definition of peculiarly

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An unusually intense El Niño event is gathering strength in the tropical Pacific in a hurry.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
This reframes Florida’s position in fifth place, where its unusually large elderly driving population likely acts as a multiplier, helping contextualize why Texas and California remain in the upper tier.

— Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

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