interestingly

adverb

in·​ter·​est·​ing·​ly ˈin-t(ə-)rə-stiŋ-lē 

ˈin-tə-ˌre-, 

ˈin-ˌtre-;

ˈin-tər-

1

: in an interesting manner

2

: as a matter of interest

Examples of interestingly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But, interestingly, come February 2026, while Brech was running the former, the court put him in charge of the latter after Givens was gone. — Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026

It almost didn't get evaluated, but it did finally and, interestingly enough, got approved by the FDA. — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026

And interestingly, sighted musicians seem to enhance their hearing through a similar mechanism. — Woon Ju Park, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

And although Lichtenstein wasn’t gay, there’s enough irony about gender in his early work to qualify him as being interestingly gay-adjacent. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

interestingly

adverb

in·​ter·​est·​ing·​ly ˈin-trəst-iŋ-lē 

ˈint-ə-ˌrest-iŋ-le, 

-ə-rəst-, 

-ərst-

1

: in an interesting manner

a story interestingly told

2

: it is interesting

interestingly enough, that was the first one