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Definition: eerily

Part of Speech Definition
Adverb 1. In an unnatural eery manner; "it was eerily quiet in the chapel".[Wordnet]
2. In a strange, unearthly way.[Websters]
3. In a lurid manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. In a dire, terrific, awesome, awful or fantastical manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. In a forbidding, dismal, gaunt or morbid manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. In a bizarre or curious manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. In an outlandish or exotic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. In an unfamiliar or uncommon manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. In a mystic or esoteric manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Seldom used adverbial inflection of the adjective eery.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(eery)		 1. Inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening.[Wordnet].
2. So strange as to inspire a feeling of fear; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl".[Wordnet].
3. Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu".[Wordnet].
4. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.[Websters].
5. Affected with fear; affrighted.[Websters].
6. Being eerie, uncanny, creepy, unearthly or spooky.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being weird, bizarre, strange or outlandish.[Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being grisly or macabre.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being horrible, gruesome, ghastly, awful or horrific.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb eerily.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Eerily" is a common misspelling or typo for: leerily, everily, eeriely, beerily.

Date "Eerily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references)

Synonyms: eerily
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Adverb

 mysteriously, nervously, skittishly, spookily.
Consider also: terribly, weirdly, dissonantly, harshly, jarringly, shrilly, strangely, unnaturally, unusually, awesomely, awfully, fearfully, fearsomely, terrifically, cacophonously, wildly, direly.

Other

 eeriely, inharmoniously, unmusically, affrightedly, ghastly.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. Top

Computed Synonyms: eerily

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   68.2498   eerily     eeriely     in a unearthly way, macabrely, creepily, horribly, grimly   
 2   21.2096   eerily     luridly     acutely, acridly, acerbicly, acerbically, acrimoniously   
 3   18.2095   eerily     horribly     in a ghastly way, abhorrently, horrificly, inhumanely, terrificly   
 4   16.2093   eerily     macabrely     horribly, in a grisly manner, in a grisly way, in a ghastly manner, in a ghastly way   
 5   14.2096   eerily     direly     highly, in a ghastly way, in a ghastly manner, terrificly, greatly   
 6   12.2093   eerily     bizarrely     eccentricly, quaintly, fantasticly, fantastically, funnily   
 7   12.2093   eerily     formidably     terrificly, in a ghastly way, in a ghastly manner, intensely, bigly   
 8   12.2091   eerily     forbiddingly     sternly, bleakly, gloomily, gauntly, dismally   
 9   10.2094   eerily     terrificly     tremendously, wonderfully, extraordinarily, formidably, magnificently   
 10   10.2092   eerily     ominously     unluckily, bodefully, fatally, direly, eeriely   
 11   10.2090   eerily     portentously     extraordinarily, formidably, uncommonly, gravely, fabulously   
 12   9.2094   eerily     awfully     in a ghastly way, abhorrently, terrificly, horrificly, terribly   
 13   9.2093   eerily     awesomely     terrificly, horridly, in a grisly way, in a grisly manner, devilishly   
 14   9.2093   eerily     obscurely     darkenly, blackly, overcastly, maliciously, nastily   
 15   8.3095   eerily     funnily     comicly, eccentricly, cutely, bizarrely, sympatheticly   
--------------------     312 synonyms ranked from 16 to 327 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: eerily

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   20.2088   eerily     in a grisly way     horribly, frightfully, nastily   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top
Antonyms: eerily
Position Antonyms (sorted by strength)

Adverb

 harmoniously.
Consider also: harmonically, musically, tunefully, melodiously, accordantly, agreeably, beautifully, canorously, concordantly, dulcetly, harmonicly, mellowly, melodically, melodicly, musicality, numerously, pleasantly, pleasingly, rhythmically, symphoniously.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. Top

Translations: eerily

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian tajanstveno (eerily), stravièno (eerily), jezovito (creepily, eerily). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese sinistramente (eerily). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai น่าขนลุก (eery, crawly, creepy, disgusting, eerily). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina tajanstveno (eerily), stravièno (eerily), jezovito (creepily, eerily). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech tajanstveno (eerily), stravièno (eerily), jezovito (creepily, eerily). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari بطور ترسناك (eerily), به طور ترسناك (eerily). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch unheimliche (eerily, sinisterly, uncannily, weirdness), unheimlich (eerie, uncanny, sinister, uncannily, weird), gespenstisch (spectral, ghastly, ghostlike, spectrally, eerie), gespensterhaft (horrible, sinister, terrifying, threatening, eerie). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Français étrangement (eerily, peculiarly, strangely, quaintly, eccentric), de façon sinistre (balefully, eerily, grimly, menacingly, sinisterly), de manière sinistre (balefully, eerily, grimly, menacingly, sinisterly), à donner le frisson (eerily). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
French étrangement (eerily, peculiarly, strangely, quaintly, eccentric), de façon sinistre (balefully, eerily, grimly, menacingly, sinisterly), de manière sinistre (balefully, eerily, grimly, menacingly, sinisterly), à donner le frisson (eerily). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Gaelg dy neuheiltagh (eerily). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Gailck dy neuheiltagh (eerily). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
German unheimliche (eerily, sinisterly, uncannily, weirdness), unheimlich (eerie, uncanny, sinister, uncannily, weird), gespenstisch (spectral, ghastly, ghostlike, spectrally, eerie), gespensterhaft (horrible, sinister, terrifying, threatening, eerie). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 불가사의하게 (eerily, inscrutably, wondrously, arcanely, magically), 무시무시하게 (tremendously, frightfully, terribly, direfully, dreadfully), 무서워하여 (eerily, afraid, fearfully, timorously). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 불가사의하게 (eerily, inscrutably, wondrously, arcanely, magically), 무시무시하게 (tremendously, frightfully, terribly, direfully, dreadfully), 무서워하여 (eerily, afraid, fearfully, timorously). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
High German unheimliche (eerily, sinisterly, uncannily, weirdness), unheimlich (eerie, uncanny, sinister, uncannily, weird), gespenstisch (spectral, ghastly, ghostlike, spectrally, eerie), gespensterhaft (horrible, sinister, terrifying, threatening, eerie). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch unheimliche (eerily, sinisterly, uncannily, weirdness), unheimlich (eerie, uncanny, sinister, uncannily, weird), gespenstisch (spectral, ghastly, ghostlike, spectrally, eerie), gespensterhaft (horrible, sinister, terrifying, threatening, eerie). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian hátborzongatóan (creepily, eerily, gruesomely, uncannily, weirdly). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 不気味で (eerily), 不気味なほど (eerily), ぞっとするほど (shockingly, appallingly, eerily, ghastly, gruesomely). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 불가사의하게 (eerily, inscrutably, wondrously, arcanely, magically), 무시무시하게 (tremendously, frightfully, terribly, direfully, dreadfully), 무서워하여 (eerily, afraid, fearfully, timorously). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar hátborzongatóan (creepily, eerily, gruesomely, uncannily, weirdly). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx dy neuheiltagh (eerily). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx Gaelic dy neuheiltagh (eerily). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi بطور ترسناك (eerily), به طور ترسناك (eerily). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian بطور ترسناك (eerily), به طور ترسناك (eerily). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) بطور ترسناك (eerily), به طور ترسناك (eerily). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese sinistramente (eerily). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese น่าขนลุก (eery, crawly, creepy, disgusting, eerily). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish temerosamente (fearfully, afraidly, apprehensively, eerily, fearsomely), misteriosamente (mysteriously, darkly, cryptically, eerily, intriguingly), asustadizamente (eerily, jumpily, scarily, shily, shyly). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai น่าขนลุก (eery, crawly, creepy, disgusting, eerily). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai น่าขนลุก (eery, crawly, creepy, disgusting, eerily). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang น่าขนลุก (eery, crawly, creepy, disgusting, eerily). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian моторошно (eerily, uncannily). Additional references: Ukrainian, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) motoroshno (eerily, uncannily). Additional references: Ukrainian, eerily. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: eerily

Language Translations for “eerily” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athageerathagilyathag (eerily). Additional references: Athag, eerily. (volunteer)
Double Dutch ageeragilyag (eerily). Additional references: Double Dutch, eerily. (volunteer)
Leet ££|2||_V/ (eerily). Additional references: Leet, eerily. (volunteer)
Oppish opeeropilyop (eerily). Additional references: Oppish, eerily. (volunteer)
Pig Latin eerilyway (eerily). Additional references: Pig Latin, eerily. (volunteer)
Terran B deseetsimen (eerily). Additional references: Terran B, eerily. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubeerubilyub (eerily). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, eerily. (volunteer)
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Adjacent words:

Eel-mother     Een     Eerste
Eelpot     Eendracht     Eery
Eelpout     Eenie     Eespere
Eels     Eerie     Eesti
Eel-shaped     Eeriely     Eet
Eelspear     Eerily     EE-T1
Eeltail     Eeriness     Eeventyr
Eel-tailed     Eerisome     EEye
Eelworm     Eerisomely     EF
Eemian     Eero     EF936x
EEML     Eero Saarinen     EFA


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