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queerly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English queer Middle English -ly English -ly English queerly From queer + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (dated) In a queer (strange) manner.
    • Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:
  2. (uncommon) In a queer way (a way not conforming to conventional heterosexual norms), or in a way consistent with queer theory.
    • Queer Pedagogy Kevin C. Franck Queer pedagogy is less concerned with integrating gay and lesbian content [... and is rather] an attempt to destabilize pedagogical practice and to develop guidelines for teaching and learning queerly. 2005, James Thomas Sears, Youth, Education, and Sexualities: K-Z, →ISBN, page 680:

Forms

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most queerly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more queerly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

oddly · unconventionally · eccentrically