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# weirdly

«weirdly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a strange or unusual way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (weirdly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Weirdly means in a strange or unusual way. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Leo's sister noticed the mouth moved weirdly: it was a fake made by a computer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/17/)
- [She's embarrassed, and also weirdly relieved she's not the only one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it/8/)
- [Iona is weirdly proud.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «weirdly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weirdly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.