adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

inexplicablyinexplicablyinquisitivelyinterrogativelyinterrogativelynotably

Example

More examples

"Curiously, a flower bloomed on the withered up tree."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

curiously recurring template pattern

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