weirdly

adverb

weird·ly ˈwird-lē

Synonyms of weirdly

: 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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Goldberg, his fellow Canadian, co-directed with him the weirdly uneven apocalyptic comedy bravely titled This Is the End, which proved to be neither a hit nor the end. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026 In late 2024, X weirdly ended up withdrawing its application for a money transmitter license in the state. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 Gere plays Robert Mallory, a mysterious and magnetic new student whose arrival is weirdly timed with the murders of a serial killer. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026 This is the franchise that dealt the Wave their worst loss of all, the 1-0 semifinals defeat in San Diego that denied Casey Stoney‘s club, which looked weirdly tentative for long stretches, a 2023 NWSL finals berth at Snapdragon Stadium. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for weirdly

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First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of weirdly was in 1837

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