eerie
or ee·ry
adjective, ee·ri·er, ee·ri·est.
Origin of eerie
Synonyms for eerie
Related Words for eerily
bizarrely, weirdly, grimly, fearfully, fantastically, monstrously, otherworldly, unusuallyExamples from the Web for eerily
Contemporary Examples of eerily
The inauguration had to be held in the fortified Kremlin, surrounded by an eerily quiet city.
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December 25, 2014
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.
You could not order a taxi; the streets of Juarish were eerily deserted.
The video was filmed before the massive violence that convulsed Kiev this week, but its message is eerily prescient.
Historical Examples of eerily
My humor enters into it, in no obvious way but eerily like a gay ghost.
I, Mary MacLaneMary MacLane
Earthquakes are eerily quiet -- at first, anyway -- but this wasn't quiet.
Little BrotherCory Doctorow
Really, this was all so eerily interesting that she almost forgot the pain of her bandaged ankle.
The Mystery of Jockey HollowCleo Garis
The ship was eerily silent, dropping with a rising scream as the atmosphere touched the hull.
A World is BornLeigh Douglass Brackett
They sounded like small working sounds, blending in eerily mysterious fashion with a chorus of small voices.
Houlihan's EquationWalt Sheldon