Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queerly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: queer-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a queer (strange) manner.

Dated

adv

In a queer way (a way not conforming to conventional heterosexual norms), or in a way consistent with queer theory.

Example Sentences

"Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me."
"Queer Pedagogy Kevin C. Franck Queer pedagogy is less concerned with integrating gay and lesbian content [... and is rather] an attempt to destabilize pedagogical practice and to develop guidelines for teaching and learning queerly."

Etymology

Etymology tree English queer Middle English -ly English -ly English queerly From queer + -ly.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more queerly (comparative) most queerly (superlative)

Synonyms

eccentrically unconventionally oddly fishily strangely funnily

Questions

What does queerly mean?: In a queer (strange) manner.
Where does queerly come from?: Etymology tree English queer Middle English -ly English -ly English queerly From queer + -ly.

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