CURIOUSLY

inexplicably, curiously, oddly, peculiarly

(adverb) in a manner differing from the usual or expected; “had a curiously husky voice”; “he’s behaving rather peculiarly”

curiously, inquisitively, interrogatively

(adverb) with curiosity; “the baby looked around curiously”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

curiously (comparative more curiously, superlative most curiously)

In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.

Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cu"ri*ous*ly, adv.

Definition: In a curious manner.

CURIOUS

Cu"ri*ous (k"r-s), a. Etym: [OF. curios, curius, F. curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See Cure.]

1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.] Little curious in her clothes. Fuller. How shall we, If he be curious, work upon his faith Bean &

2. Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill. To devise curious works. Ex. xxxv. 32 His body couched in a curious bed. Shak.

3. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of. It is a picurious after things that were elegant and beatiful should not have been as curious as to their origin, their uses, and their natural history. Woodward.

4. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare. "Acurious tale" Shak. A multitude of curious analogies. Mocaulay. Many a quaint and curiousvolume of forgotten lore. E. A. Poe. Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. C. J. Smith. Curious arts, magic. [Obs.] Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them. Acts xix. 19.

Syn.

– Inquisitive; prying. See Inquisitive.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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