Eerily

//ˈɪəɹɪli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an eerie manner.

    "And it was the voice of a human being—a known, loved, well-remembered voice—that of Edward Fairfax Rochester; and it spoke in pain and woe—wildly, eerily, urgently."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an unnatural eery manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
awfullyeldritchlyeldritchlymonstrouslymysteriouslyominously

Example

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"Tom was able to get eerily beautiful tunes out of a saw which he played using a violin bow."

Etymology

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

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