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quirkiness
quirk Q0038500 (kwûrk)n.1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).2. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary: a quirk of fate.3. A sudden sharp turn or twist: a quirk of the head.4. Architecture A lengthwise groove on a molding between the convex upper part and the soffit.5. Archaic An equivocation; a quibble.
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quirk′i·ly adv.quirk′i·ness n.quirk′y adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | quirkiness - a strange attitude or habitqueerness, quirk, oddity, crotchetstrangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known |
quirkinessnounPeculiar behavior:eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, quirk, singularity.Translations
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Related to quirkiness: unequivocallySynonyms for quirkinessnoun peculiar behaviorSynonyms- eccentricity
- idiosyncrasy
- peculiarity
- quirk
- singularity
Synonyms for quirkinessnoun a strange attitude or habitSynonyms- queerness
- quirk
- oddity
- crotchet
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