queer
adjective
strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular.
queerish
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a word derived from
queer.
Example Sentences
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In fact, Carson invented this American prototype of the queerish tomboy girl, now a classic, later seen in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Bastard Out of Carolina,” and “Harriet the Spy.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2016
You Englishmen go to work in a queerish kind of way," said he; "you send a parcel of soldiers to live on an island where none but sailors can be of use.
From Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer by Frederick Marryat
My head is very queerish, and indisposed for much company; but we will get Hood, that half Hogarth, to meet you.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
She felt rather startled again; things were certainly queerish.
From The Happy Adventurers by Lydia Miller Middleton
They said they'd received some queerish information about this affair, but only particularly about the death of that man down at the hotel in the Docks.
From The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
