queerly

adv — 2 senses

queerly

adv

Etymology From queer + -ly.

1

Dated In a queer (strange) manner.

  • Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:
2

Uncommon In a queer way (a way not conforming to conventional heterosexual norms), or in a way consistent with queer theory.

  • 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.2005, James Thomas Sears, Youth, Education, and Sexualities: K-Z, →ISBN, page 680:

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