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ee·rie

or ee·ry  (îr′ē)
adj. ee·ri·er, ee·ri·est
1. Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening. See Synonyms at weird.
2. Scots Frightened or intimidated by superstition.
[Middle English eri, fearful, from Old English earg, cowardly.]
ee′ri·ly adv.
ee′ri·ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adv.1.eerily - in an unnatural eery manner; "it was eerily quiet in the chapel"
spookily
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Translations
بصورَةٍ مُخيفَه أو غَريبَه
óhugnanlega
tajuplne
ürkütücü bir şekilde

eerily

[ˈɪərɪlɪ] ADV [deserted] → misteriosamente; [similar, familiar] → sorprendentemente
the whole town was eerily quiet → el pueblo entero estaba sumido en un silencio inquietante
his footsteps echoed eerily along the High Street → sus pasos resonaron de manera sobrecogedora por la calle Mayor
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

eerily

[ˈɪərɪli] adv (= creepily) → étrangement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

eerily

adv (+vb) → unheimlich; (+adj) → auf unheimliche Weise; the whole town was eerily quiet → in der ganzen Stadt herrschte eine unheimliche Stille; sometimes they were eerily similar → manchmal bestand eine unheimliche Ähnlichkeit zwischen ihnen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

eerie

(ˈiəri) adjective
causing fear; weird. an eerie silence.
ˈeerily adverb
ˈeeriness noun
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