| weird (wîrd) adj. weird·er, weird·est 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural. 2. Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange. 3. Archaic Of or relating to fate or the Fates. n. 1. a. Fate; destiny. b. One's assigned lot or fortune, especially when evil. 2. often Weird Greek & Roman Mythology One of the Fates. tr. & intr.v. weird·ed, weird·ing, weirds Slang To experience or cause to experience an odd, unusual, and sometimes uneasy sensation. Often used with out. [Middle English werde, fate, having power to control fate, from Old English wyrd, fate; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.] weird  ly adv.weird ness n.Synonyms: weird, eerie, uncanny, unearthly These adjectives refer to what is of a mysteriously strange, usually frightening nature. Weird may suggest the operation of supernatural influences, or merely the odd or unusual: "The person of the house gave a weird little laugh" (Charles Dickens). "There is a weird power in a spoken word" (Joseph Conrad). Something eerie inspires fear or uneasiness and implies a sinister influence: "At nightfall on the marshes, the thing was eerie and fantastic to behold" (Robert Louis Stevenson). Uncanny refers to what is unnatural and peculiarly unsettling: "The queer stumps ... had uncanny shapes, as of monstrous creatures" (John Galsworthy). Something unearthly seems so strange and unnatural as to come from or belong to another world: "He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din" (Henry Kingsley). |
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| Adv. | 1. |  weirdly - in a weird manner; "she was dressed weirdly" |
Translations
weirdly
adv (= eerily) → unheimlich; (inf: = oddly) behave, dress → seltsam; weirdly enough → seltsamerweise, merkwürdigerweise
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