Word
weirdly
Phoneticsweird·ly
US/ˈwɪɹdɫi/
UK/wˈiədli/
Definition
adv. in a strange or unusual way. You use this when something happens that is hard to explain or feels very different from what you expected.
adv. in a strange, unusual, or unexpected manner. Often functions as a sentence-modifying disjunct to express the speaker's surprise at a following fact.
Examples
“The lights in the house flickered weirdly.”
“The car was making a weirdly high-pitched sound every time I turned the steering wheel to the left.”
“The old house felt weirdly familiar to her, even though she was certain she had never stepped foot in that part of the country before.”
Examples
simple
“The lights in the house flickered weirdly.”
contextual
“The car was making a weirdly high-pitched sound every time I turned the steering wheel to the left.”
complex
“The old house felt weirdly familiar to her, even though she was certain she had never stepped foot in that part of the country before.”
Usage
When used as a sentence adverb, it typically appears at the beginning of the clause followed by a comma.
Real-World Examples
“And why has her dad started acting so weirdly?” “In the Coke video he looks blankly into the lens, gives you everything and nothing, risky but also weirdly fearless.” Etymology
From weird + -ly.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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