quirkier; quirkiest
: having many quirks : unusual in especially an interesting or appealing way
a quirky sense of humor
quirky ideas/behavior
a quirky and creative artist
… the SoHo store known for its modern, often quirky home accessories …—
Marianne Rohrlich
Marianne RohrlichThe result is an extraordinarily fine film, a quieter, more centered vision of Garp's world that loses little of the quirky humor of the original …—Molly Haskell
Molly Haskell
quirkily
adverb
His political ideas, which had seemed quirkily brilliant in the 1900's …
—Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid Sheed
… he is gregarious and energetic and … enjoys a quirkily methodical, omnivorous turn of mind …
—Cullen Murphy
Cullen Murphy
quirkiness
noun
… is gaining international prominence in interior-design circles simply because its content diverges with typically English quirkiness, from that of its competitors.
—John Duka
John Duka
Examples of quirky in a Sentence
the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers
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Bong’s rationalization is that quirky Mickey 17 opposes Mickey 18’s plans to assassinate Niflheim’s fascist developer, Kenneth Marshall, a lousy Trump impersonation by Mark Ruffalo, confirming the film’s predictably leftist political subtext.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
Amazon had long been active in warehouse and logistics robotics but had shown interest in home automation with its quirky Astro bot, which has taken a long time to roll out to very few people but is still technically available as an invite-only preview at $1,600.
—Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
The Monitor’s correspondents have covered all aspects of this transformation, from the pain of families separated, to divisive school board protests, to the discovery of quirky joy in new pastimes as an outlet.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
In many ways, dogs can be just like people with their quirky personalities and even their need for space.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
Amazon had long been active in warehouse and logistics robotics but had shown interest in home automation with its quirky Astro bot, which has taken a long time to roll out to very few people but is still technically available as an invite-only preview at $1,600.
—Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
The Monitor’s correspondents have covered all aspects of this transformation, from the pain of families separated, to divisive school board protests, to the discovery of quirky joy in new pastimes as an outlet.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
In many ways, dogs can be just like people with their quirky personalities and even their need for space.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quirky
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quirky. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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