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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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
Back at Adelaide this time round, Smith has people curiously raising an eyebrow for at least 10 minutes.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
Put those pieces together and there is one country that maps curiously well onto his vision.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
Back at Adelaide this time round, Smith has people curiously raising an eyebrow for at least 10 minutes.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
Put those pieces together and there is one country that maps curiously well onto his vision.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Curiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curiously. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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