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Definitions for curiously
cu·ri·ous·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word curiously.
Princeton's WordNet
curiously, oddly, peculiarlyadverb
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
"had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
curiously, inquisitively, interrogativelyadverb
with curiosity
"the baby looked around curiously"
Wiktionary
curiouslyadverb
In a curious manner.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Curiouslyadverb
Etymology: from curious.
At first I thought there had been no light reflected from the water in that place; but observing it more curiously, I saw within it several smaller round spots, which appeared much blacker and darker than the rest. Isaac Newton, Opt.
Nor is it the having of wheels and springs, though never so curiously wrought, and artificially set, but the winding of them up, that must give motion to the watch. Robert South, Sermons.
ChatGPT
curiously
Curiously is an adverb that describes the action of showing or having an eager interest in learning or knowing something. It suggests a strong desire to know or learn something with an element of inquisitiveness or wonder.
Webster Dictionary
Curiouslyadverb
in a curious manner
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of curiously in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of curiously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of curiously in a Sentence
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts of tiny trumpets, we have met the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.
In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs.
It remains one of the most remarkable instances of long-distance movement of megaliths in the ancient world, yet was curiously under-studied, i'm sure we'll be back.
Quality Mom Time, Grandmas Recipe, and a Memory to Last is the title of the first book from the curiously curated creations children's book series.
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- curiosamentCatalan, Valencian
- podivně, zvláštně, zvědavěCzech
- curiosamenteSpanish
- curiosamenteItalian
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