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Queerly

adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a queer (strange) manner. dated

    "Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me."

  2. 2
    In a queer way (a way not conforming to conventional heterosexual norms), or in a way consistent with queer theory. uncommon

    "Queer Pedagogy Kevin C. Franck Queer pedagogy is less concerned with integrating gay and lesbian content [... and is rather] an attempt to destabilize pedagogical practice and to develop guidelines for teaching and learning queerly."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a questionably unusual manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in a strange manner wordnet

Etymology

From queer + -ly.

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