: in a weird manner : in a strange way
a weirdly familiar place
has been behaving weirdly lately
… in the pellucid air everything seemed weirdly beautiful …—
P. G. Wodehouse
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But this performance’s wealth of gyration seemed subtly throwback-y and weirdly wholesome.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
This has, weirdly, resulted in far-right communities being one of the few spaces where maternal labor is explicitly celebrated, rather than dismissed or ignored.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
And, while budgets have improved over the years, there's something weirdly charming about walls that wobble when characters breathe on them.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Lies feeling personally victimized yet weirdly tempted to rewatch the mess all over again!
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
This has, weirdly, resulted in far-right communities being one of the few spaces where maternal labor is explicitly celebrated, rather than dismissed or ignored.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
And, while budgets have improved over the years, there's something weirdly charming about walls that wobble when characters breathe on them.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Lies feeling personally victimized yet weirdly tempted to rewatch the mess all over again!
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Weirdly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weirdly. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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