curiously

adverb

cu·​ri·​ous·​ly ˈkyu̇r-ē-əs-lē 

ˈkyər-

1

: in a curious manner

seemed curiously calm

2

: as is curious

curiously, he continues to win reelection

Examples of curiously in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Especially since Lou has become curiously interested in an internet muckraker-slash-crackpot guru named Vernon Jefferson Peak (Austin Butler) and his ideas about vast rings of powerful pedophiles pulling all of the strings behind the scenes. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025

But, curiously, the show doesn’t try to shift Charli all the way into the present. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 May 2025

Netanyahu claims that Hamas has rejected all compromise—a point that Witkoff, curiously, seemed to cast doubt on in an interview with Tucker Carlson on March 21st. —Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025

The Sphere featured in a visual interlude that saw the singer picked it up from the Las Vegas strip, tapping it curiously, and then carrying it away. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for curiously

• furiously
• injuriously