1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners i. i. 9 He mustles himself up so queerly in his Cloak, that he looks as if he were broke.

1714 J. Smedley in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) I. 387 The Earl looked queerly.

1753 S. Smythies Stage-coach I. i. i. 7 I, and my brother-officers, passed our time very queerly in this place, which..could not furnish those necessary amusements that men of figure and taste require.

1790 F. Burney Diary 6 May (1842) V. 111 A sister-in-law of the queerly celebrated Miss Monckton.

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 155/1 The leather..will look queerly in its patches on the frayed satin.

1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. IV. 395 Names..queerly inappropriate.

1902 J. Conrad Typhoon iii. 31 He found it very difficult to make out what made people always act so queerly.

1954 A. Fullerton Bury Past II. xii. 183 The local way of talking still rang queerly in his English ears. Not ‘Thank you’, but ‘Thanks, ay?’

2002 S. Waters Fingersmith viii. 256 His throat bulges queerly, as men's throats do.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Queere How Queerely the Cull Touts, how roguishly the Fellow looks.

1790 G. Parker Life's Painter (ed. 2) xiv. 134 Male Ballad Singer. The kelter [sc. money] tumbles in but queerly—however, we'll give 'em one more chaunt.