: in a strange and eerie manner : mysteriously, weirdly
The museum had closed for the night and it was eerily still.—
Brian Selznick
Brian SelznickIn a case eerily similar to the Vicki Hoskinson murder, an eleven-year-old girl in Louisiana disappeared while riding her bicycle.—David Fisher
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The game felt eerily similar to one earlier in the season in Phoenix when the Cubs’ bullpen turned a 6-2 lead into a 10-6 deficit in a disastrous eighth inning.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
The area is deserted, eerily so, save for a series of telephone poles that line the street.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025
The fenced-off Palisades Village, which owner Rick Caruso had hired private firefighters to protect, looked eerily immaculate.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
His face floated eerily about the surface of the water.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
The area is deserted, eerily so, save for a series of telephone poles that line the street.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025
The fenced-off Palisades Village, which owner Rick Caruso had hired private firefighters to protect, looked eerily immaculate.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
His face floated eerily about the surface of the water.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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