curiously

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkjɝi.əsli/, /ˈkjʊɹi.əsli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkjʊəɹi.əsli/, /ˈkjɔːɹi.əsli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: cu‧ri‧ous‧ly

Adverb

curiously (comparative more curiously, superlative most curiously)

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

   The children peeped curiously into the attic room.

2. Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.

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

Derived terms

• curiously recurring template pattern
• overcuriously

 

Translations

inquisitively

• Catalan: curiosament (ca)
• Czech: zvědavě (cs)
• Galician: curiosamente
• Hungarian: kíváncsian (hu)
• Italian: curiosamente (it)

oddly

• Catalan: curiosament (ca)
• Czech: zvláštně, podivně (cs)
• Galician: curiosamente
• Hungarian: furcsán (hu), furán (hu), különösen (hu)
• Italian: curiosamente (it)
• Spanish: curiosamente (es)