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overcuriously

UK/əʊvəˈkjʊəɹɪəsli/

overcuriously adverb: with too much curiosity; in an overcurious manner.

Adverb

overcuriously (comparative more overcuriously, superlative most overcuriously)

  1. With too much curiosity; in an overcurious manner.
    • And Plato deemes it to be a vice of impiety, over-curiously to enquire after God, after the world, and after the first causes of things., II.12

Forms of overcuriously

comparativemore overcuriously
superlativemost overcuriously

Origin of overcuriously

From overcurious + -ly.

Questions about overcuriously

What does overcuriously mean?
Overcuriously means with too much curiosity; in an overcurious manner.
What part of speech is overcuriously?
Overcuriously is an adverb.
How do you pronounce overcuriously?
Overcuriously is pronounced /əʊvəˈkjʊəɹɪəsli/ (UK).

Words near overcuriously in the dictionary

  1. overcured
  2. overcures
  3. overcuring
  4. overcuriosity
  5. overcurious
  6. overcuriously
  7. overcuriousness
  8. overcurl
  9. overcurled
  10. overcurling
  11. overcurls

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