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
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
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