Meaning

1 senses

  1. In an eerie manner.

    in an unnatural eery manner

Examples

18 sentences

  1. William just stood there, eerily silent.

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  2. The kids' club was eerily quiet and empty.

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  3. The cat's eyes glowed eerily in the pitch-black room.

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  4. Myriad cliffs host dozens of tumultuous brown waterfalls, eerily silent in the distance.

    deMyriaden Klippen bergen dutzende turbulenter brauner Wasserfälle, aus der Ferne unheimlich still.

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  5. Everything was eerily quiet.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From eerie + -ly. Compare Old English earglīċe, earhlīċe (“in a cowardly manner, timidly,

From eerie + -ly. Compare Old English earglīċe, earhlīċe (“in a cowardly manner, timidly, fearfully”).

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Forms

more eerily, most eerily
Comparativemore eerily Lesson
Superlativemost eerily

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
strangelyB1ominouslyuncannily
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eeleelgrasseerieeffeffectA2effectiveB1
eerily — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto