US /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/ UK /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/
adv Freq #25387

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    In a way that shows you want to know or learn about something.

    The children peeped curiously into the dark room.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a strange or unexpected way.

    Curiously, the front door was standing open when I got home.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in a way that shows you... inquisitively
2 adv · in a strange or unexpected... oddly
Word family
Derived forms overcuriously

Etymology

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

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