as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers
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Recent Examples of quirky
As someone who's held the same job since his early years after graduating from college, settled down in Kansas City and built a family with his wife Cam and their three children, Meers' passion for the quirky, yet iconic gig is obvious.
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
French automakers have a thing for quirky designs, and for 2025 Renault has certainly created one.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
This quirky teaser promises humor while showcasing Bosch's innovative products in a way that's bound to grab attention.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
This included bobblehead characters with micro-expressions along with fungi-like environments and quirky creatures for the hallucinatory realm that the late David Lynch might’ve appreciated.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for quirky 
Skyler Caruso, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
French automakers have a thing for quirky designs, and for 2025 Renault has certainly created one.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
This quirky teaser promises humor while showcasing Bosch's innovative products in a way that's bound to grab attention.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
This included bobblehead characters with micro-expressions along with fungi-like environments and quirky creatures for the hallucinatory realm that the late David Lynch might’ve appreciated.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for quirky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirky
Adjective
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The bizarre clip, reportedly shot with an iPhone, featured West in a dentist’s chair asking people to go to the website.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Certainly, the eccentric characters and bizarre situations in his novels reflect a hallucinatory vision.—
Tom Vitale,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025
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And McGrath, who didn’t resort to telling jokes or making funny faces to force a smile out of Krzystof, literally took matters into her own hands.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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In late January, the iconic funny man appeared on 101.1 The Wiz, reacting to a slew of rappers performing at Donald Trump‘s inauguration.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The win-then-disqualification made for a strange post-race set of circumstances.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Feb. 2025
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Our strange behavior and fumbled sentences change others’ perception of us and our perception of ourselves.—
Wash Westmoreland,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Gilda, who fell in love easily and often, and wasn’t afraid to be weird, or look ridiculous.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Back in 2019, Elon Musk was just a weird guy whose companies built rockets and EVs.—
Eric Bangeman,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
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Having studied most of the 107 assists credited to goalkeepers in the Premier League, most are essentially long punts upfield that then rely on brilliant work done by the scorer, are the result of defensive mistakes, or are odd quirks that mean the goalkeeper gets the assist on a technicality.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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The ancestors of modern waterfowl weren’t all that odd.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Intensely curious and obsessively correct in matters grammatical, Ross would go to any length to ensure accuracy.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Uzo is caring, curious … and most of all, empathetic.—
Stacey Wilson Hunt,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Unlike many child actors, Wright isn’t precocious so much as devastatingly genuine in her peculiar blend of wisdom and naivety.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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The discovery came via John Willman, a biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, who was studying a peculiar kind of wear on the teeth of Ice Age Europeans.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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The fallout comes after the 47-year-old’s erratic and offensive antisemitic behavior.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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Kanye West bought a 30-second local television spot on Sunday night that played only in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Atlanta during the Super Bowl to promote his Yeezy fashion brand, bringing more scrutiny about his erratic and antisemitic behavior.—
Heather Hunter,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Quirky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirky. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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