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incuriously

incuriously adverb: in an incurious manner.

Adverb

incuriously (comparative more incuriously, superlative most incuriously)

  1. In an incurious manner.
    • The man seemed to realize that he was being watched. He looked up and gazed incuriously at them for a moment.1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Patch”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 176
    • At a single table a couple of Chinese drinkers looked up incuriously.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 280

Forms of incuriously

comparativemore incuriously
superlativemost incuriously

Origin of incuriously

From incurious + -ly.

Questions about incuriously

What does incuriously mean?
Incuriously means in an incurious manner.
What part of speech is incuriously?
Incuriously is an adverb.

Words near incuriously in the dictionary

  1. incurableness
  2. incurables
  3. incurably
  4. incuriosity
  5. incurious
  6. incuriously
  7. incuriousness
  8. incurment
  9. incurments
  10. incurrable
  11. incurre

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