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queerly

adv

Etymology

From queer + -ly.

  1. derived from *terkʷ-✻ — “to turn, twist, wind”
  2. derived from *þwerhaz✻
  3. derived from *þwerh✻
  4. derived from thwerh
  5. suffixed as queerly — “queer + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a queer (strange) manner.

    • Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me.

  2. In a queer way (a way not conforming to conventional heterosexual norms), or in a way…

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

    • 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA