adverb

curiously

KYOOR-ree-uhs-lee

adverb

In a way that shows curiosity or interest.

"She looked curiously at the strange package on her doorstep."

Strangely or oddly.

"Curiously, no one had noticed the missing painting for days."

How to Use Curiously

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishWith curiosity, or as a sentence-opener meaning "oddly enough."

more curiously comparative, most curiously superlative

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From Middle English curiusly, built from "curious" plus "-ly."

famously anxiously seriously obviously furiously nervously viciously jealously hideously previously vigorously cautiously