Antonyms for curiously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : kyoor-ee-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkyʊər i əs

Definition of curiously

Origin : mid-14c., "eager to know" (often in a bad sense), from Old French curios "solicitous, anxious, inquisitive; odd, strange" (Modern French curieux) and directly from Latin curiosus "careful, diligent; inquiring eagerly, meddlesome," akin to cura "care" (see cure (n.)). The objective sense of "exciting curiosity" is 1715 in English. In booksellers' catalogues, the word means "erotic, pornographic." Curiouser and curiouser is from "Alice in Wonderland" (1865).

As in unusually : adv extremely
As in peculiarly : adv oddly
As in strangely : adv oddly
As in remarkably : adv unusually
As in especially : adv exceptionally, particularly

Example sentences :

The edge of the garment was curiously wrought with golden palm leaves.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Gracie Dennis, watched him curiously; listened critically to his words.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

She got up slowly, and stood silent, while Aggie regarded her curiously.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

He was curiously mixed up in the events of the revolution of 1848.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

He looked at me curiously for an instant--then with a frown.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Much of it curiously eluded my mental grasp for a time; then all at once it came to me.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

The parson had bent forward, and was eyeing her curiously, yet with benevolence.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Curiously enough, however, this is the first time I've ever been here.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Wally reached out, and took the bullet from him that he might juggle it curiously in his own fingers.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

What I knew before them, blends with them, too, so curiously.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for curiously

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