Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weirdly

/ˈwɪə(ɹ)dli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: weird-ly
IPA: /ˈwɪə(ɹ)dli/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a weird manner.

adv

Contrary to expectations.

Example Sentences

"The teacher suspected he was on drugs because he was behaving weirdly."
"She wore a necklace strung with weirdly-shaped pearls."
"The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement."
"Weirdly, Alice showed up 10 minutes early. She was usually late for everything."
"The roughness of the wool was weirdly pleasant."

Etymology

Etymology tree English weird Middle English -ly English -ly English weirdly From weird + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more weirdly (comparative) most weirdly (superlative)

Synonyms

strangely oddly surprisingly

Rhymes With

eardley

Questions

How do you pronounce weirdly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪə(ɹ)dli/.
What does weirdly mean?: In a weird manner.
Where does weirdly come from?: Etymology tree English weird Middle English -ly English -ly English weirdly From weird + -ly.

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