eerily

[ eer-i-lee ]

adverb

1. in a spooky or uncanny way that makes one uneasy; weirdly:

   The town empties out eerily at this time of day, giving it a ghostly appearance that visitors find disconcerting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eerily¹

eeri(e) + -ly

Example Sentences

We could geek out about how the dual-camera technology on the S6 MaxV uses AI to vacuum and mop while avoiding obstacles in your house, delivering eerily clean floors.

From Outside Online

Landmark hotels, which have long served as downtown gathering places and backdrops for the holiday season, are eerily, strangely vacant, having lost well over half their business and told most of their staff that they are not needed.

From Washington Post

For the most part, agency and brand respondents hold eerily similar views of what’s important and what is not.

From Digiday

Under the glowing cabin lights of a westbound red-eye flight on April 3, 1954, James found himself eerily alone.

From Eater

While the film eerily overlaps with aspects of the socially distant times we live in today, filmmaker Eleanor Wilson came up with the concept three years ago while in upstate New York with bad cell phone reception.

From Fortune

The inauguration had to be held in the fortified Kremlin, surrounded by an eerily quiet city.

From The Daily Beast

The house was eerily silent on a Friday morning after a huge party.

From The Daily Beast

Each of the women had eerily similar stories that they offered to share on the stand.

From The Daily Beast

And yet his music, to the end, although sometimes almost eerily serene, remained most often volcanic.

From The Daily Beast

Without context, subtlety, and commentary, a parody begins to look eerily like the scenario it is attempting to skewer.

From The Daily Beast

The wind whistled eerily through the scant-leaved scrub-oaks on the slopes above.

From Project Gutenberg

It floated eerily in no orbit around anything, going nowhere; doing nothing.

From Project Gutenberg

"A bad end," concurred the magical echo, its accent and intonation eerily reproducing those of the gamekeeper.

From Project Gutenberg

A raucous laugh interrupted the Mercurian's feeble voice, and it echoed eerily from the walls of the chamber.

From Project Gutenberg

Through the deep monotone of the breakers he could hear the land breeze sigh eerily about the building.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bizarrely
• creepily
• mysteriously
• preternaturally
• spookily
• supernaturally
• uncannily
• weirdly