queerly

queerly

English

Etymology

    From queer + -ly.

    Adverb

    queerly (comparative more queerly, superlative most queerly)

    1. (dated) In a queer (strange) manner.
      Synonyms: eccentrically, unconventionally, oddly
      • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:
        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.
      • 2005, James Thomas Sears, Youth, Education, and Sexualities: K-Z, →ISBN, page 680:
        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.