: 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
P. G. WodehouseExamples of weirdly in a Sentence
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Some of those guides also mention a Samsung Self Repair Assistant app, which is weirdly not available in either Google Play or the Galaxy Store and has to be sideloaded in the US.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 23 May 2024
The United States’ President Edison Wolcott (Charles Dance, slyly self-parodying) is more interested in getting some sleep and keeps nodding off, a gag that may be sheer coincidence but weirdly parallels what’s going on at the minute with Donald Trump at his criminal hush money trial.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
Though all this is precise and intelligent, the overall effect is weirdly narrow and not exactly news.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Natalie Portman is a whole teenager, but her character is weirdly flirting with this little kid?
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 May 2024
And weirdly, that was actually my in to this movie.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
The cilantro volunteers everywhere and, weirdly, loves the cold.
—Bon Appétit, 3 May 2024
To date, Khruangbin’s albums have passed 775 million streams, a large number that still does not capture their weirdly broad appeal.
—Ryan Bradley MacLeod Andrews Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
That reversal makes for a weirdly wholesome but deflating outcome.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Sean Hollister, The Verge, 23 May 2024
The United States’ President Edison Wolcott (Charles Dance, slyly self-parodying) is more interested in getting some sleep and keeps nodding off, a gag that may be sheer coincidence but weirdly parallels what’s going on at the minute with Donald Trump at his criminal hush money trial.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
Though all this is precise and intelligent, the overall effect is weirdly narrow and not exactly news.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Natalie Portman is a whole teenager, but her character is weirdly flirting with this little kid?
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 May 2024
And weirdly, that was actually my in to this movie.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
The cilantro volunteers everywhere and, weirdly, loves the cold.
—Bon Appétit, 3 May 2024
To date, Khruangbin’s albums have passed 775 million streams, a large number that still does not capture their weirdly broad appeal.
—Ryan Bradley MacLeod Andrews Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
That reversal makes for a weirdly wholesome but deflating outcome.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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