Dictionary

curiously en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/ (General-American)
• /ˈkjɔːɹi.əs.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkjɝ.i.əs.li/ (General-American)
• /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.
   • The children peeped curiously into the attic room.
2. Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.
   • “The Life of a Showgirl” doesn’t quite fulfill this prophecy — or, rather, it delivers only technically. It is a work of hyperprofessional songcraft and production, but its emotional texture is curiously flat and joyless. 2025 October 16, Mitch Therieau, “Taylor Swift Is Our Biggest Cinematic Universe. But the Magic Is Fading.”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025:
   • Performing a curiously melancholy, undulating developpe, the dancers point their legs at each other like accusing fingers. 1988 October 7, Laura Molzahn, “Between Heaven and the Gargabe Can”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:
   • Curiously, when I arrived home, the front door was standing ajar.

Forms

Deriveds

curiously recurring template pattern · overcuriously

Translations (16)

hu kíváncsian (inquisitively) · cs zvláštně (oddly) · gl curiosamente (oddly) · it curiosamente (oddly) · cs zvědavě (inquisitively) · es curiosamente (oddly) · it curiosamente (inquisitively) · gl curiosamente (inquisitively) · eo kurioze (oddly) · hu furcsán (oddly) · eo scivole (inquisitively) · cs podivně (oddly) · ca curiosament (inquisitively) · hu különösen (oddly) · hu furán (oddly) · ca curiosament (oddly)