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
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For a story about a supernatural phenomenon that threatens to pull the entire world into a hellscape of bisexual lighting, omnipresent thunder, and endless tangles of oozing vines, Stranger Things returns for its final season feeling curiously small.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
Her post also included over a dozen photos of Carson — from him as a newborn wrapped in a blanket, gazing curiously at the camera, to him slightly older and showing his teeth beginning to grow.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Artificial intelligence will force a new reckoning with human dignity—a concept older than any technology, yet curiously absent from most conversations about it.
—Nicole Brachetti Peretti, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
But Majumdar has created a world that is recognizably continuous with our own—her characters scan social media and inhabit a culture saturated with real-time information; as a result, this statement feels curiously old-fashioned.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
Her post also included over a dozen photos of Carson — from him as a newborn wrapped in a blanket, gazing curiously at the camera, to him slightly older and showing his teeth beginning to grow.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Artificial intelligence will force a new reckoning with human dignity—a concept older than any technology, yet curiously absent from most conversations about it.
—Nicole Brachetti Peretti, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
But Majumdar has created a world that is recognizably continuous with our own—her characters scan social media and inhabit a culture saturated with real-time information; as a result, this statement feels curiously old-fashioned.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Curiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curiously. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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