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Meanings of quirk in English
Catalan
peculiaritat Spanish
excentricidad Synonyms
Examples for "oddity"
Examples for "oddity"
1
But in terms of story and overall impact, this oddity definitely reeks.
2
But the oddity in the present case was that he said nothing.
3
Kesseley felt like the human oddity at the fair-comicalby simply existing.
4
Indeed, he at once began to carry on Bilbo's reputation for oddity.
5
But otherwise, it's just an oddity that I'm sure you'll forget about.
1
The queerness of the situation and the reply, made Mrs. Haggert laugh.
2
The queerness of the situation and the reply, made Mrs. Landys-Haggert laugh.
3
The flash of queerness was accompanied by a sense of irreparable disaster.
4
But that is not the Hawaiian queerness I started out to tell.
5
That'd be a way of accounting for your queerness, more or less.
1
Good enough for him for having such a crotchet in his head.
2
What crotchet has that swaggering booby got in his numskull, I wonder?
3
You are wondering at the name 'Craigie Cottage'-anothercrotchet of my father's.
4
What particular crotchet could he have been humoring in this case?
5
Each of us has his own crotchet, which differs from the other man's.
1
The image's quirkiness is in keeping with Belgium's self-deprecating, ironic, national style.
2
Roberts' election is yet another demonstration of the quirkiness of Australia's electoral system.
3
Some days, her mom's quirkiness was just what the doctor ordered.
4
After all, it's really none of my business that you dislike my quirkiness.
5
This area's human quirkiness had long since failed to impress or shock him.
Usage of quirk in English
1
Gordon had stumbled onto his new survival plan by quirk and coincidence.
2
A seasonal quirk could account for last month's less-than-expected increase in employment.
3
What once set us apart, we hoped, would become a lovable quirk.
4
This is how I found out another quirk in my physical characteristics.
5
I also like simple, well-made stuff with a side order of quirk.
6
She met their astonished gaze with an ironic quirk of the eyebrow.
7
In a quirk of genetic hopscotch, the traits have skipped a generation.
8
It was a quirk of her personality she'd learned to live with.
9
When does a habit, a quirk or an eccentricity become a custom?
10
That, and he had another quirk that seemed safer to pick on.
11
The film's pervasive broad humor reeks of a desperate attempt at quirk.
12
His smile was slow, but brief, more a quirk of the lips.
13
That little quirk to his mouth faded, making his face very serious.
14
Ireland has a strange quirk to its access to information laws.
15
Another cool quirk: all the individuals collected in this new species were female.
16
Royal rule in the 21st century is a quirk of history.
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Quirk through the time
Quirk across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common