What does curiously mean?
Curiously means In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively..
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/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/ · adverb
In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively..
The children peeped curiously into the attic room.
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.
“The Life of a Showgirl” doesn’t quite fulfill this prophecy — or, rather, it delivers only technically. It is a work of hyperprofessional songcraft and production, but its emotional texture is curiously flat and joyless.
Use curiously when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Curiously means In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively..
Common synonyms include inquisitively, peculiarly, oddly, interrogatively.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The children peeped curiously into the attic room.
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