weirdly

adverb

weird·​ly ˈwird-lē 

: 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

Examples of weirdly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Alas, poor Bryan is about to learn the hard way that change — as the saying goes — is as hard to outrun as an ever-growing zombie rat king with 37 different limbs and a weirdly personal vendetta. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026

But Aroonpheng’s worldbuilding is arcane to a fault, with no thanks to a weirdly flat rhythm that dulls the excitement of the film’s many narrative swerves. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

You could be caught off guard by a strange work dynamic or weirdly draining obligation today. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026

The Jets’ television schedule is weirdly simple, at least before any possible flexes. — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above