eerily

[ eer-i-lee ]
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adverb
  1. in a spooky or uncanny way that makes one uneasy; weirdly:The town empties out eerily at this time of day, giving it a ghostly appearance that visitors find disconcerting.

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How to use eerily in a sentence

  • The wind whistled eerily through the scant-leaved scrub-oaks on the slopes above.

    Port O' Gold | Louis John Stellman
  • It floated eerily in no orbit around anything, going nowhere; doing nothing.

    Pariah Planet | Murray Leinster
  • "A bad end," concurred the magical echo, its accent and intonation eerily reproducing those of the gamekeeper.

  • A raucous laugh interrupted the Mercurian's feeble voice, and it echoed eerily from the walls of the chamber.

  • Through the deep monotone of the breakers he could hear the land breeze sigh eerily about the building.

    The League of the Leopard | Harold Bindloss