Meaning & use
eerily
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In a way that is strange and frightening, often suggesting something supernatural.
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The abandoned house was eerily silent as they walked through it.
Her prediction turned out to be eerily accurate.
A note on using this word
Comes from 'eerie', a word of Scottish origin that originally meant fearful or timid before shifting toward its modern, unsettling sense.
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