curiously

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkjɝi.əsli/, /ˈkjʊɹi.əsli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkjʊəɹi.əsli/, /ˈkjɔːɹi.əsli/

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• Hyphenation: cu‧ri‧ous‧ly

curiously (comparative more curiously, superlative most curiously)

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

   The children peeped curiously into the attic room.

2. Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.

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

   • 1988 October 7, Laura Molzahn, “Between Heaven and the Gargabe Can”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 March 2016:

     Performing a curiously melancholy, undulating developpe, the dancers point their legs at each other like accusing fingers.