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quirkish, a.|ˈkwɜːkɪʃ|
[f. quirk n. + -ish.]
1. Of the nature of a quirk.
a1677Barrow Serm. (1687) I. xiv. 195 A smart answer,..a quirkish reason. 1882E. P. Hood in Leisure Hour Apr. 227 He sets forth a number of quirkish reasons.
2. Eccentric, idiosyncratic; erratic, random; = quirky a. 1 b.
1969A. Stevenson Reversals 23 The wall's approach, the quirkish ambivalence of photographs, today in daylight, were pieces of balance. 1972Daily Tel. 16 Nov. 14/7 Is this because their leader..succumbed less frequently to his quirkish approach to notes by deviously subtle routes that so often misfire? 1975Ibid. 24 June 11 Quirkish and baffling to the last, Churchill's People (BBC 1) ended last night with a protracted scene showing five men..being hanged after failing to assassinate the Cabinet. 1977Times 31 Oct. 5/4 The selection of Caribbean territories visited has been a trifle quirkish. 1978Gramophone Feb. 1439/2 There are other small details of phrasing in this performance more quirkish than gracious, though certainly the music flows with a will.
Hence ˈquirkishly adv.
1963Times 15 Jan. 11/4 Two of L. S. Lowry's quirkishly lively figure-subjects catch the eye. |