Etymograph

English

queerly

From queer + -ly.

A compound of queer + -ly

Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz ‘cross, adverse’

Proto-West Germanic *þwerh ‘transverse, crooked’

Old Saxon thwerh ‘bent, crooked’

English queer

Today it means

adv In a queer (strange) manner.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “queerly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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