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Antonyms for queerly

Grammar : Adv
Spell : kweer
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪər

Definition of queerly

Origin :
  • c.1500, "strange, peculiar, eccentric," from Scottish, perhaps from Low German (Brunswick dialect) queer "oblique, off-center," related to German quer "oblique, perverse, odd," from Old High German twerh "oblique," from PIE root *terkw- "to turn, twist, wind" (see thwart (adv.)).
  • Sense of "homosexual" first recorded 1922; the noun in this sense is 1935, from the adjective. Related: Queerly. Queer studies as an academic discipline attested from 1994.
  • As in oddly : adv curiously
  • As in peculiarly : adv oddly
  • As in strangely : adv oddly
Example sentences :
  • Queerly he realized that death would be easy for himself, simple, acceptable.
  • Extract from : « Red Fleece » by Will Levington Comfort
  • Queerly enough, it was the great preparer, Darwin, who helped her at the last.
  • Extract from : « She Buildeth Her House » by Will Comfort
  • Queerly enough, it was her good-by to Aloysius that most unnerved her.
  • Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
  • Queerly enough, the sermon was on the return of the Prodigal Son.
  • Extract from : « The Wedge of Gold » by C. C. Goodwin
  • Queerly enough, instead of cooling me off toward the girl, Robert's criticism of her had the opposite effect.
  • Extract from : « The Chauffeur and the Chaperon » by C. N. Williamson
  • Queerly enough, it didn't have any name at all: it just had the figures '100' painted in gilt letters on its side.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 » by Various
  • Queerly enough, Jessie Heath, mountain-wise though she was, believed in him almost to the end.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • Queerly enough, the women brought with them a baby or little guanaco, which they led by a string.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines » by Hezekiah Butterworth
  • Queerly, as he shot down through the water, he thought again of something outside the desperate need of self-preservation.
  • Extract from : « The Castle Of The Shadows » by Alice Muriel Williamson
  • Queerly enough, M. Guizot on Tuesday had made precisely the same remark to me about the King, beginning with the defects.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Victor Hugo » by Victor Hugo

Synonyms for queerly

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