curiously
Syllables: cu·ri·ous·ly/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/US/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/
curiously adverb: in a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.
Adverb
curiously (comparative more curiously, superlative 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.
- Performing a curiously melancholy, undulating developpe, the dancers point their legs at each other like accusing fingers.1988 October 7, Laura Molzahn, “Between Heaven and the Gargabe Can”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016
curiously meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
curiously in Hindi
- उत्सुकता से
curiously in Bengali
- কৌতূহলোদ্দীপকভাবে
curiously in Telugu
- curiously
- కుతూహలంగా kutūhalaṅgā
curiously in Malayalam
- ശ്രദ്ധാപൂർവ്വം, ജിജ്ഞാസയോടെ, ആശ്ചര്യകരമായി, ശ്രദ്ധാലുവായി
More languagesFewer languages
- curiously in Kannada
- ಕುತೂಹಲದಿಂದ, ಕುತೂಹಲಕರವಾಗಿ, ಕುತೂಹಲಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ
- curiously in Nepali
- जिज्ञासापूर्वक
Examples of curiously in a sentence
- Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.
- The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.
- After a minute's silence he spoke again in Tibetan, in a voice creaky with age but curiously vibrant with the unselfconscious habit of authority.
Forms of curiously
| comparative | more curiously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most curiously |
Origin of curiously
From Middle English curiusly, curyously, curiosly, curiouseliche, curyouslyche, equivalent to curious + -ly.
Words formed from curiously
Phrases with curiously
Questions about curiously
- What does curiously mean?
- Curiously means in a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.
- What is curiously in Hindi?
- Curiously in Hindi is उत्सुकता से. See Curiously meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is curiously?
- Curiously is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce curiously?
- Curiously is pronounced /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/ (UK).
Words near curiously in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: curiously (page history and authors); curiously (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curiously (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); కుతూహలంగా (Telugu) (page history and authors); curiously (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curiously (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curiously (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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