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eerily

adv
/ˈɪəɹɪli//ˈɪɹ.ɪ.li/US

Etymology

From eerie + -ly. Compare Old English earglīċe, earhlīċe (“in a cowardly manner, timidly, fearfully”).

  1. derived from *argaz✻
  2. inherited from *arg✻
  3. inherited from earg
  4. inherited from eri
  5. suffixed as eerily — “eerie + ly”

Definitions

  1. In an eerie manner.

    • And it was the voice of a human being—a known, loved, well-remembered voice—that of Edward Fairfax Rochester; and it spoke in pain and woe—wildly, eerily, urgently.

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