View synonyms for eerily

eerily

[ eer-i-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

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.

Origin of eerily¹

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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