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wackily

  • a word derived from wacky.
    wacky
    adjective
    odd or irrational; crazy.

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The film invokes, individualizes, multiplies, takes apart and then wackily reassembles these enduring tropes.

From Washington Post May 4, 2022

He’s a trickster and a shape-shifter, and when his magic short-circuits, his shifting shapes go weirdly and wackily awry.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2016

And they keep on trucking, right up to a wackily offbeat denouement that largely mitigates the previous jejunity.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2015

In the years after the war, Futurist painting largely abandoned cars and trains to fall wackily in love with realistic vertiginous views from airplanes that suggest a jazzed-up Socialist Realism.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2014

The wackily homespun aesthetic of Michel Gondry's movies has always been a powerful part of their charm; this autobiographical film about his family goes some way to explain the genesis of his style.

From The Guardian Dec. 9, 2010