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I post on Twitter regularly, and when I checked my followers, I saw that my own characters were following me. They sounded eerily like my characters would actually sound. It was a very surreal thing to see come to life digitally!
Neal Shusterman

Meaning of "eerily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EERILY

eerily  [ˈɪərɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EERILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eerily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES EERILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of eerily in the English dictionary

The definition of eerily in the dictionary is in a strange and frightening manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EERILY


arbitrarily
ˌɑːbɪˈtreərɪlɪ
auditorily
ˈɔːdɪtərɪlɪ
beerily
ˈbɪərɪlɪ
blearily
ˈblɪərɪlɪ
cheerily
ˈtʃɪərɪlɪ
contrarily
kənˈtrɛərɪlɪ
drearily
ˈdrɪərɪlɪ
evolutionarily
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪlɪ
fiduciarily
fɪˈdjuːʃɪərɪlɪ
fierily
ˈfaɪərɪlɪ
leerily
ˈlɪərɪlɪ
legendarily
ˈlɛdʒəndərɪlɪ
necessarily
ˈnɛsɪsərɪlɪ
secondarily
ˈsekəndərɪlɪ
subsidiarily
səbˈsɪdɪərɪlɪ
summarily
ˈsʌmərɪlɪ
tearily
ˈtɪərɪlɪ
voluntarily
ˈvɒləntərɪlɪ
wearily
ˈwɪərɪlɪ
wirily
ˈwaɪərɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EERILY

eejit
EEK
eel
eel-like
eelfare
eelgrass
eelpout
eelworm
eelwrack
eely
EEOC
eerie
eerier
eeriest
eeriness
eery
EET
eeven
eevn
eevning

WORDS THAT END LIKE EERILY

aerily
angrily
contemporarily
customarily
drily
extraordinarily
flowerily
gorily
hungrily
involuntarily
merrily
militarily
momentarily
ordinarily
primarily
satisfactorily
temporarily
unnecessarily
verily
waterily

Synonyms and antonyms of eerily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eerily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EERILY

Find out the translation of eerily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eerily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eerily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诡异
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inquietantemente
570 millions of speakers

English

eerily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

eerily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بشكل مخيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

устрашающе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assustadoramente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

eerily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étrangement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eerily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unheimlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不気味に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

섬뜩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eerily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kỳ lạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவலைக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुढपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ürkütücü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stranamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niesamowicie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

страхітливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eerily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράξενα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eerily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

eerily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uhyggelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eerily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EERILY»

The term «eerily» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.865 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EERILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eerily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eerily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eerily

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3 QUOTES WITH «EERILY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eerily.
1
Nikki Cox
Mary and I look eerily similar but other than that, the differences are pretty much night and day.
2
Amanda Eliasch
Tinseltown is eerily silent when The Oscars, The Emmys and The Grammys, The Sag Awards, and The Golden Globes aren't in full swing.
3
Neal Shusterman
I post on Twitter regularly, and when I checked my followers, I saw that my own characters were following me. They sounded eerily like my characters would actually sound. It was a very surreal thing to see come to life digitally!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EERILY»

Discover the use of eerily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eerily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Halloween Crafts - Eerily Elegant Décor
Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor Let Mark Wood and Kasey Rogers take you on a ghoulish frolic far away from ho-hum Hallowe'ens in this, their refreshing reinvention of the spooky holiday.
Kasey Rogers, Mark Wood, 2011
2
Eerily Empty Efforts
Someone has stolen some valuable items from a house in town and the insurance company is reluctant to pay up.
Dallis J. Christenson, 2002
3
Eerily Familiar
Darren Lamere. EERILY FAMILIAR A Novel Darren Lamere iUniverse, Inc. New York Lincoln Shanghai EERILY FAMILIAR Copyright © 2008 by Joseph Darren Lamere All.
Darren Lamere, 2008
4
The Haunted Outhouse: Science, History, Horror, Mystery, ...
Graphic novel-style tales add plenty of illustrated pages to the mix. This haunted book of horrors could only come from the Bathroom Readers Institute, and it’s “For Kids Only.” ENTER IF YOU DARE!
Bathroom Readers' Institute, 2013
5
Mila and Spellbound: The Eerily Beautiful Life of a Cat
Marlon Bakers award winning (The BOOX AWARD for the best short story of the year) short story continues into a magical fairytale you and your kids will love to read!
Marlon Baker, 2013
6
The Book of Scottish Song; Collected and Illustrated with ...
{Wittws Gum] \ G' ' How eerily, how drearily, how wearily to pine, \W \Vhen my love's in a foreign land, far frae tht arms 0' mine, QM ' Three years ha'e come an' gane sin' first he said to me, “.511; That he wad stay at hame wi' Jean, wi' her to ...
Alexander WHITELAW (Poetical Antiquary.), 1857
7
Waggle
Buck parred the 14th, basically cinching the trifecta after a Blurry triple-bogey meltdown, and the phone still eerily never rang. So eerily, in fact, that Blurry rifled his glove compartment immediately upon walking off the 18th, battered, to make ...
Joe Redden Tigan, 2009
8
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
In his great-aunt's old house, Andrew Joseph Tyler's fantasies of ancestors and ghosts become real with the appearance of another Andrew, who died young at the beginning of the century, and whose life Andrew Joseph may be able to prolong- ...
Mary Downing Hahn, 1994
9
Strange Bodies
Strange Bodies takes the reader on a dizzying speculative journey that poses questions about identity, authenticity and what it means to be truly human.
Marcel Theroux, 2014
10
Frommer's China
Three plain dishes, cooked over wood fires, will cost around ¥20 ($2.50). Take supplementary snacks from Xiàmén. After dark it's eerily quiet, especially in the now sparsely inhabited Zhènchéng Lóu. Lín Hóngyuán (& 0130/6245-7844) is ...
Jen Lin-Liu, Dinny McMahon, Paul Mooney, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EERILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eerily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bristol Temple Meads eerily quiet during transport strikes
Temple Meads was eerily quiet this morning as the first full day of strike action took place. Around 30 picketers from the RMT union are at the ... «Bristol Post, Jul 15»
2
NSW Blues read out mean but eerily accurate tweets
However Dr Mumbo wonders whether it's actually a case of NSW Blues players read out eerily accurate predictions about their performance. One message read: ... «MuMbrella, Jul 15»
3
Hear Jason James Eerily Channel Jones, Paycheck on 'Drinkin' More'
It wouldn't be out of line to lump in Jason James' "I've Been Drinkin' More" with such country drinking staples as Gary Stewart's "She's Acting ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
4
Bobbi Kristina Brown condition update: Krissi's alleged hospice …
Bobbi Kristina Brown condition update: Krissi's alleged hospice photo eerily resembles Whitney Houston death picture! Who bought it - While ... «Delhi Daily News, Jul 15»
5
7/7 bombings: 'London streets were eerily silent' recalls Welsh …
The eerily silent, traffic-free roads in central London are among memories of 7/7 that stick in the mind of emergency planner Muriel McClenahan ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
6
How 'True Detective' Season 2 Is Eerily Similar To Season 1 …
Although the second season of True Detective may seem worlds apart from Season 1, there are actually quite a few similarities between the ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
7
Kit Downes/Lucy Railton: Tricko review – eerily inviting chamber …
It's only conventional jazz in passing glimpses, and Tricko won't be a license to print money, but this is eerily inviting, gracefully cutting-edge ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Samuel Eto'o's goodbye letter to Sampdoria is eerily similar to the …
Samuel Eto'o has penned a touching goodbye to letter to everyone at Sampdoria after leaving the club after seven months, a touching letter ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
9
Firework smoke eerily lingers over Minute Maid Park after Astros …
After fireworks went off to celebrate Chris Carter's solo homer, a mysterious cloud remained overhead in Minute Maid Park. "Is an alien going to come out of that ... «sportal.co.nz, Jun 15»
10
US Department of Defense's DARPA Research Eerily Similar to …
U.S. Department of Defense's DARPA Research Eerily Similar to Terraformars. posted on 2015-06-26 16:20 EDT by Lynzee Lamb. The U.S. Department of ... «Anime News Network, Jun 15»

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