"quirky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkwɜːki/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-quirky.ogg Forms: quirkier [comparative], quirkiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki Etymology: From quirk + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|quirk|y}} quirk + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} quirky (comparative quirkier, superlative quirkiest)
  1. Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute. Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: quirkily, quirkiness, quirkyalone, quirky subject, unquirky Translations (given to quirks or idiosyncrasies): eigenaardig (Dutch), merkwaardig (Dutch), typisch (Dutch), apart (Dutch), omituinen (Finnish), kummallinen (Finnish), excentrique (French), original (French), cocasse (French), schrullig (German), eigenartig (German), kocak (Indonesian), دلی (deli) (Ottoman Turkish), dziwaczny [masculine] (Polish), peculiar (Portuguese), caraghios (Romanian), причу́дливый (pričúdlivyj) (Russian), peculiar (Spanish), idiosincrático (Spanish), estrafalario (Spanish), idiosincrásico (Spanish), egendomlig (Swedish), besynnerlig (Swedish), вига́дливий (vyhádlyvyj) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
          "word": "eigenaardig"
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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        },
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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        },
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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        },
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
          "word": "eigenartig"
        },
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
          "word": "caraghios"
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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          "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
      "word": "omituinen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
      "word": "kummallinen"
    },
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
      "word": "eigenartig"
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
      "word": "caraghios"
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
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      "word": "egendomlig"
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      "word": "besynnerlig"
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      "roman": "vyhádlyvyj",
      "sense": "given to quirks or idiosyncrasies",
      "word": "вига́дливий"
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