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.