quirkier; quirkiest
: having many quirks : unusual in especially an interesting or appealing way
a quirky sense of humor
quirky ideas/behavior
a quirky and creative artist
… the SoHo store known for its modern, often quirky home accessories …—
Marianne Rohrlich
Marianne RohrlichThe result is an extraordinarily fine film, a quieter, more centered vision of Garp's world that loses little of the quirky humor of the original …—Molly Haskell
Molly Haskell
quirkily
adverb
His political ideas, which had seemed quirkily brilliant in the 1900's …
—Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid Sheed
… he is gregarious and energetic and … enjoys a quirkily methodical, omnivorous turn of mind …
—Cullen Murphy
Cullen Murphy
quirkiness
noun
… is gaining international prominence in interior-design circles simply because its content diverges with typically English quirkiness, from that of its competitors.
—John Duka
John Duka
Examples of quirky in a Sentence
the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers
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Hundreds of millions of people who may never have read a Marvel comic or heard the names Stan Lee or Jack Kirby now recognized that quirky old guy in the sweater.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
In an interview Wednesday, Shah said memorization was important, especially for quirky words with obscure origins.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
The show weaves an earnest and sometimes heart-wrenching story about a father and son into a wacky, quirky whodunit.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 May 2026
Astros throw quirky no-hitter Beleaguered Astros starter Tatsuya Imai combined with two relievers, Steven Okert and Alimber Santa, to no-hit the Rangers last night.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 26 May 2026
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
In an interview Wednesday, Shah said memorization was important, especially for quirky words with obscure origins.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
The show weaves an earnest and sometimes heart-wrenching story about a father and son into a wacky, quirky whodunit.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 May 2026
Astros throw quirky no-hitter Beleaguered Astros starter Tatsuya Imai combined with two relievers, Steven Okert and Alimber Santa, to no-hit the Rangers last night.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 26 May 2026
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quirky. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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