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Curiously

//ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.

    "The children peeped curiously into the attic room."

  2. 2
    Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.

    "Curiously, when I arrived home, the front door was standing ajar."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a manner differing from the usual or expected wordnet
  2. 2
    with curiosity wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English curiusly, curyously, curiosly, curiouseliche, curyouslyche, equivalent to curious + -ly.

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