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# weirdly

adverb (weirdly)

«weirdly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Weirdly means in a strange or unusual way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#m1)
2. Weirdly (at the start of a sentence) means "strangely enough", to show that something is surprising. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#m2)

### In the lessons

Common in everyday talk and stories to show surprise. Phrases: weirdly enough, weirdly quiet, acting weirdly.

### Examples

- The house was weirdly quiet when we got home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#x1)
- Weirdly, the cat likes cucumbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#x2)
- He was acting weirdly all morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#x3)
- Weirdly enough, I passed the test without studying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#x4)
- The sky looked weirdly green before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#x5)
- The clock stopped, weirdly, at midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#x6)

### Note

Adverb from weird + -ly. Spelling trap: "weird" breaks the "i before e" rule. Mostly informal; formal writing prefers strangely or unusually.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «weirdly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«weirdly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/weirdly.html) on Mova free.