weird, eerie, uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic. weird may imply an unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress peculiarity or oddness. If you describe something or someone as weird, you mean that they are strange.

Understanding the Context

That first day was weird. Drugs can make you do all kinds of weird things. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

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It seems that your browser is blocking this video content. As an adverb, weird is only used to modify verbs, and is always positioned after the verb it modifies. Unlike weirdly, it cannot modify an adjective (as in "She was weirdly generous.") or an entire sentence (as in "Weirdly, no-one spoke up."). 1. involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound.

Final Thoughts

2. strange; unusual; peculiar: a weird costume.