: 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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Fictional coach Barry Valdez — eerily similar in name to Badgers Hall of Fame coach Barry Alvarez — had won three consecutive national championships for Little, built a roster full of five-star recruits and signed a new six-year contract.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
In an eerily prescient article for Deadspin in 2014, Kyle Wagner predicted that this pattern would become the future of political and cultural battles.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
When Homeland Security agents arrested the recent Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil for his role in leading pro-Palestine protests at the university, the arguments seemed eerily familiar.
—David Cole, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2025
The Japanese singer, songwriter, and composer splotches ethereal electronics and vaporous keys across Luminescent Creatures, drawing the listener into minimal compositions with a voice attuned to every inch of space in the recording and when to leave it eerily unfilled.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
In an eerily prescient article for Deadspin in 2014, Kyle Wagner predicted that this pattern would become the future of political and cultural battles.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
When Homeland Security agents arrested the recent Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil for his role in leading pro-Palestine protests at the university, the arguments seemed eerily familiar.
—David Cole, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2025
The Japanese singer, songwriter, and composer splotches ethereal electronics and vaporous keys across Luminescent Creatures, drawing the listener into minimal compositions with a voice attuned to every inch of space in the recording and when to leave it eerily unfilled.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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