Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.

    The children peeped curiously into the attic room.

    with curiosity

  2. Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.

    Curiously, when I arrived home, the front door was standing ajar.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Everyone was looking at Tom curiously.

    ruВсе с любопытством смотрели на Тома.

    deAlle sahen Tom neugierig an.

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  2. The girl peered curiously around the corner into the window.

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  3. Tom looked at it curiously.

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  4. I watched curiously.

    ruЯ с любопытством наблюдал.

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  5. Tom glanced at Mary curiously.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English curiusly, curyously, curiosly, curiouseliche, curyouslyche, equivalent

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

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Forms

more curiously, most curiously
Comparativemore curiously Lesson
Superlativemost curiously

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcurious

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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