curiously

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curiously

/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/ UK
/ˈkjɔːɹi.əs.li/ UK
/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/ US
/ˈkjɝ.i.əs.li/ US

Where it comes from

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

adverb more curiously · most curiously

In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively. The children peeped curiously into the attic room.
Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way. Curiously, when I arrived home, the front door was standing ajar.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: inquisitively, interrogatively, peculiarly, oddly, paradoxically, incidentally, strikingly, remarkably, amazingly, interestingly, ironically, strangely, surprisingly, singularly, suspiciously, weirdly

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adv inquisitively

Italiano	curiosamente

adv oddly

Español	curiosamente
Italiano	curiosamente

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MLA

"curiously." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/curiously. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

curiously. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/curiously

Chicago

"curiously." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/curiously.

BibTeX

@misc{curiously_2026,
  title = {curiously},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curiously},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}