weirdly
part of speech
adverb (weirdly)
meaning for a pupil
1) Weirdly means in a strange or unusual way. tree →
2) Weirdly (at the start of a sentence) means "strangely enough", to show that something is surprising. tree →
sense in the lessons
Common in everyday talk and stories to show surprise. Phrases: weirdly enough, weirdly quiet, acting weirdly.
examples
- The house was weirdly quiet when we got home. tree →
- Weirdly, the cat likes cucumbers. tree →
- He was acting weirdly all morning. tree →
- Weirdly enough, I passed the test without studying. tree →
- The sky looked weirdly green before the storm. tree →
- The clock stopped, weirdly, at midnight. tree →
note
Adverb from weird + -ly. Spelling trap: "weird" breaks the "i before e" rule. Mostly informal; formal writing prefers strangely or unusually.
In the corpora
- Leo's sister noticed the mouth moved weirdly: it was a fake made by a computer.
- She's embarrassed, and also weirdly relieved she's not the only one.
- Iona is weirdly proud.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «weirdly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.