eerily

ee·rie

or ee·ry  (îr′ē)
adj. ee·ri·er, ee·ri·est
1. Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening. See Synonyms at weird.
2. Scots Frightened or intimidated by superstition.

[Middle English eri, fearful, from Old English earg, cowardly.]

ee′ri·ly adv.
ee′ri·ness n.
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Adv.1.eerily - in an unnatural eery manner; "it was eerily quiet in the chapel"
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Translations
بصورَةٍ مُخيفَه أو غَريبَه
unheimlich
étrangementfantastiquement
óhugnanlega
spaventosamente
tajuplne
ürkütücü bir şekilde
恐惧地

eerily

[ˈɪərɪlɪ] ADV [deserted] → misteriosamente; [similar, familiar] → sorprendentemente
the whole town was eerily quietel pueblo entero estaba sumido en un silencio inquietante
his footsteps echoed eerily along the High Streetsus pasos resonaron de manera sobrecogedora por la calle Mayor
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

eerily

[ˈɪərɪli] adv (= creepily) → étrangement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

eerily

adv (+vb) → unheimlich; (+adj) → auf unheimliche Weise; the whole town was eerily quietin der ganzen Stadt herrschte eine unheimliche Stille; sometimes they were eerily similarmanchmal bestand eine unheimliche Ähnlichkeit zwischen ihnen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

eerie

(ˈiəri) adjective
causing fear; weird. an eerie silence.
ˈeerily adverb
ˈeeriness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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