adv
Meaning 1
In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The children peeped curiously into the attic room.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
curiously
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkjɔːɹi.əs.li/
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General-American: /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/
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General-American: /ˈkjɝ.i.əs.li/
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CMU ARPABET: K Y UH1 R IY0 AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Curiously, when I arrived home, the front door was standing ajar.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- had a curiously husky voice
- he's behaving rather peculiarly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oddly, peculiarly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
with curiosity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the baby looked around curiously
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inquisitively, interrogatively
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English curiusly, curyously, curiosly, curiouseliche, curyouslyche, equivalent to curious + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: curiosament — inquisitively
- Czech: zvědavě — inquisitively
- Esperanto: scivole — inquisitively
- Galician: curiosamente — inquisitively
- Hungarian: kíváncsian — inquisitively
- Italian: curiosamente — inquisitively
- Catalan: curiosament — oddly
- Czech: zvláštně — oddly
- Czech: podivně — oddly
- Esperanto: kurioze — oddly
- Galician: curiosamente — oddly
- Hungarian: furcsán — oddly
- Hungarian: furán — oddly
- Hungarian: különösen — oddly
- Italian: curiosamente — oddly
- Spanish: curiosamente — oddly
Real reading context