eerily

1. 1.

   in an unnatural eery manner

   “it was eerily quiet in the chapel”

   Synonymsspookily

Questions about eerily

What does eerily mean?

eerily means "in an unnatural eery manner".

How many syllables are in eerily?

eerily has 3 syllables: eer-i-ly. The stress falls on "eer". In IPA it is /ˈɪɹəli/.

What is another word for eerily?

Close synonyms include spookily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eerily a common word?

eerily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.