Usually means: Unconventional, odd, and charmingly peculiar.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word quirky:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. quirky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quirky: Merriam-Webster
  3. quirky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quirky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. quirky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Quirky, quirky: Wordnik
  7. quirky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. quirky: Wiktionary
  9. quirky: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Quirky, quirky: Dictionary.com
  11. quirky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Quirky (book), Quirky (company), Quirky (disambiguation), Quirky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Quirky: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. quirky: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. quirky: Rhymezone
  16. Quirky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. quirky: FreeDictionary.org
  18. quirky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. quirky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. quirky: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quirky: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quirky: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute.

Similar:
way-out, offbeat, kinky, unconventional, far-out, quirksome, quirkful, quirked, quaint, goofy, more...

Opposite:
conventional, ordinary, mainstream, traditional

Phrases:
quirky subject, quirky mannerisms, quirky and funny, quirky but not to quirky, quirky but not to quirky, more...

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Similar:
way-out, offbeat, kinky, unconventional, far-out, quirksome, quirkful, quirked, quaint, goofy, more...

Opposite:
conventional, ordinary, mainstream, traditional

Phrases:
quirky subject, quirky mannerisms, quirky and funny, quirky but not to quirky, quirky but not to quirky, quirky girl, opposite of quirky, motivational and quirky, quirky smile, quirky wacky offbeat, more...

Colors:
    chartreuse,     periwinkle,     fuchsia,     tangerine,     teal, more...



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