curiously

[US]/ˈkjʊərɪəslɪ/
[UK]/'kjʊrɪəsli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a manner that shows curiosity or strangeness; in a peculiar or unusual way

Example Sentences

curiously enough, there is no mention of him.

a curiously intent look on her face.

his curiously null life.

a curiously unmoving dramatic work.

The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.

glancing curiously about him

He looked curiously at the people.

She felt curiously content.

The curiously inconclusive finish to the symphony

a curiously unexpected timidity in his make-up.

William toddled curiously towards the TV crew.

Curiously enough, I, too, met him yesterday.

His boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.

She looked curiously peaceful as she lay there.

He complained of feeling curiously weak and faint.

He felt curiously detached from what was going on.

Curiously enough he had never seen the little girl.

Her remarks were curiously lacking in perception.

Her daughter’s accident had left her curiously unmoved.

Real-world Examples

Harry opened it curiously. It was full of wizard photographs.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Sally did not answer, but looked at her curiously.

Source: New Concept English: British English Version, Book 1 (Translation)

The creature tilted his head curiously.

Source: Spider-Man: No Way Home

The girl looked at him curiously from time to time.

Source: Shanghai Education Oxford Edition Junior High School English Grade 9 Upper Volume

He looked at me curiously. Mockery shone in his eyes.

Source: Sea Wolf (Volume 1)

The boy looked on curiously as his father dismantled the car.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously.

Source: People's Education Press High School English Required Volume 4

Harry looked curiously at the goblet.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Their bright eyes shone under their caps as they searched my face and costume curiously.

Source: VOA Special August 2018 Collection

He laughed so loudly the boy behind the counter started and looked at him curiously.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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