QUEERLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does queerly mean? 

• QUEERLY (adverb)
  The adverb QUEERLY has 2 senses:

1. in a strange manner

2. in a questionably unusual manner

  Familiarity information: QUEERLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUEERLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a strange manner

Synonyms:

funnily; oddly; queerly; strangely

Context example:

a queerly inscribed sheet of paper

Pertainym:

queer (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a questionably unusual manner

Synonyms:

fishily; queerly

Context example:

this money had been queerly come by

 Context examples 

The eyes winked three times, and then they turned up to the ceiling and down to the floor and rolled around so queerly that they seemed to see every part of the room.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"I'll do my best, for your sake," promised Beth, wondering why Jo looked at her so queerly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“I don’t quite know, sir. Between ourselves, I think Mr. Holmes had not quite got over his illness yet. He’s been behaving very queerly, and he is very much excited.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Taking that part of the Commons which happened to be nearest to us—for our man was unmarried by this time, and we were out of Court, and strolling past the Prerogative Office—I submitted that I thought the Prerogative Office rather a queerly managed institution.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She looked at me queerly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

For a week or two, Jo behaved so queerly that her sisters were quite bewildered.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)