eldritchly

English

Etymology

eldritch +‎ -ly

Adverb

eldritchly (comparative more eldritchly, superlative most eldritchly)

1. In an eldritch way.
   • 1981, Clark Ashton Smith, The City of the Singing Flame:

     ...with a cortege of dead kings about them, and the blown breath of skeletons thrilling eldritchly in the silver flutes.

   • 1985, Arthur Crew Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary:

     The white eyeballs and white teeth of the horse, the panting flanks, the rigid legs all stood out eldritchly.

   • 1986, Larry McCaffery, Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-bibliographical Guide:

     With his co-editor Robert Shea, he became involved with the eldritchly comic Discordian Society, and together they eventually co-created The Illuminates.

Synonyms

• eerily
• uncannily