queerly

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
20
Letters
7

Definition of queerly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (dated)In a queer (strange) manner.
    “Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me.”
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adv

  1. (dated)In a queer (strange) manner.
    “Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me.”
  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.”

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Etymology

From queer + -ly.

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