weirdly

adverb

weird·​ly ˈwird-lē How to pronounce weirdly (audio)
: in a weird manner : in a strange way
a weirdly familiar place
has been behaving weirdly lately
… in the pellucid air everything seemed weirdly beautiful …P. G. Wodehouse

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Which is, weirdly, exactly what beef tallow is usually used for. Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024 But weirdly, the lumbering 12-6 victory over the 49ers might wind up being far more valuable than the gaudy 44-42 triumph over Buffalo last Sunday. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024 The overhead lights stayed on, but everything else went quiet — weirdly quiet — like no electricity or air was circulating in the car or tunnel. Turns out, there wasn't. Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024 There are floodlights, power generators, scaffolding, and weirdly, a full-sized, '60s-era bus painted in the colours of The Fantastic Four. Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for weirdly 

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weirdly was in 1837

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“Weirdly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weirdly. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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