- queer´ly
- queer «kwihr», adjective, noun, verb.–adj.1. not usual or normal; strange; odd; peculiar: »
a queer way to repay a favor. That was a queer remark for her to make. The old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer! (Oliver Wendell Holmes). I don't mind your queer opinions one little bit (George Bernard Shaw).
SYNONYM(S): singular, curious, unusual.2. Informal. probably bad; causing doubt or suspicion: »There is something very queer about her. His queer dealings caused him to lose a lot of business. All the world is queer but thee and me, and even thou art a little queer (Robert Owen).
3. not well; faint; giddy: »The motion of the ship made her feel queer. They had given him brandy, rather a lot—that perhaps was the reason he felt so queer (John Galsworthy).
4. Slang. counterfeit: »queer money.
5. Slang. homosexual. (often disparaging).6. mentally unbalanced: »He…wondered if Zeena were also turning “queer” (Edith Wharton).
–n.1. an odd or eccentric person.2. Slang. a homosexual (usually disparaging).–v.t.Slang. to spoil; ruin: »to queer one's chances of success. I had a job as a sewer-pipe layer all fixed up…and that louse queered it thinking he could get it (James T. Farrell).
–queer´ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.