: in a weird manner : in a strange way
a weirdly familiar place
has been behaving weirdly lately
… in the pellucid air everything seemed weirdly beautiful …—
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And yet for God’s sake, just look at the man—at his dispiriting attempts at humor, his weirdly off-putting outfits, his incessant posting of banalities and faux profundities and extreme-right disinformation on social media.
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Mark O’Connell,
The New York Review of Books,
4 July 2026
Critics weren’t as fond of the weirdly toothless movie, but audiences showed up anyway.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
2 July 2026
Like millions worldwide, my family and I have been deeply, and in our case, weirdly, engrossed in this year’s games.
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Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
And what better way to get used to the pressure that comes with playing for the Leafs than by tackling one of the most weirdly high-pressure scenarios in all of sports?
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Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2026
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Mark O’Connell,
The New York Review of Books,
4 July 2026
Critics weren’t as fond of the weirdly toothless movie, but audiences showed up anyway.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
2 July 2026
Like millions worldwide, my family and I have been deeply, and in our case, weirdly, engrossed in this year’s games.
—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
And what better way to get used to the pressure that comes with playing for the Leafs than by tackling one of the most weirdly high-pressure scenarios in all of sports?
—
Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2026
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“Weirdly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weirdly. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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