(~r, ~st)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is ~ is unusual or unexpected, and makes you feel slightly nervous or afraid.
Then a ~ thing happened...
There was something ~ about the flickering blue light...
It’s ~ how things turn out.
= odd
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ that/to-inf/ how
~ly
She noticed he was acting ~ly...
The hut suddenly seemed ~ly silent.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
~ness
...the breathy ~ness of the music.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A ~ place is one that you have never been to before. A ~ person is someone that you have never met before.
I ended up alone in a ~ city...
She was faced with a new job, in unfamiliar surroundings with ~ people.
= unfamiliar
? familiar
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
see also ~r