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curiously

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cu·ri·ous  (kyr-s)
adj.
1. Eager to learn more: curious investigators; a trapdoor that made me curious.
2. Unduly inquisitive; prying.
3. Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness: a curious fact.
4. Archaic
a. Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.
b. Extremely careful; scrupulous.

[Middle English, from Old French curios, from Latin crisus, careful, inquisitive, from cra, care; see cure.]

curi·ous·ly adv.
curi·ous·ness n.
Synonyms: curious, inquisitive, snoopy, nosy
These adjectives apply to persons who show a marked desire for information or knowledge. Curious most often implies an avid desire to know or learn, though it can suggest prying: A curious child is a teacher's delight. A curious neighbor can be a nuisance.
Inquisitive frequently suggests excessive curiosity and the asking of many questions: "Remember, no revolvers. The police are, I believe, proverbially inquisitive" (Lord Dunsany).
Snoopy suggests underhanded prying: The snoopy hotel detective spied on guests in the lobby.
Nosy implies impertinent curiosity likened to that of an animal using its nose to examine or probe: My nosy colleague went through my mail. See Also Synonyms at strange.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.curiously - in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
2.curiously - with curiosity; "the baby looked around curiously"
Translations
curiously [ˈkjʊərɪəslɪ] ADV
1. (= inquisitively) [ask, look] → con curiosidad
2. (= oddly) [silent, reticent] → curiosamente
curiously, he didn't objectcuriosamente, no puso objeciones
curiously shapedcon una forma curiosa
curiously enough, it's truecuriosamente or aunque parezca extraño, es cierto
curiously [ˈkjʊəriəsli] adv
(= strangely) → curieusement
curiously enough, ... → bizarrement, ...
(= inquisitively) → avec curiosité
curiously
adv
(= inquisitively)neugierig
(= oddly) behave, speak etcseltsam, eigenartig, merkwürdig, sonderbar; disappearedauf sonderbare or seltsame Weise; unconcernedseltsam, merkwürdig; they are curiously similarsie ähneln sich merkwürdig or auf seltsame Weise; it was curiously quietes war merkwürdig ruhig; any sense of humour is curiously absentseltsamerweise or eigenartigerweise fehlt jeglicher Sinn für Humor; curiously enoughmerkwürdigerweise; curiously (enough), he didn’t objectmerkwürdigerweise hatte er nichts dagegen
curiously [ˈkjʊərɪəslɪ] adv (see adj) → con curiosità, stranamente
curiously enough, ... → per quanto possa sembrare strano,...
curiously [ˈkjʊərɪəslɪ] adv (see adj) → con curiosità, stranamente
curiously enough, ... → per quanto possa sembrare strano,...


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THE gentleman raised his eyes above his newspaper and looked curiously at Jemima--
Only the even lines rhyme, except in the four-line or stop-short poem, when the first line often rhymes with the second and fourth, curiously recalling the Rubaiyat form of the Persian poets.
His voice when he spoke was, curiously enough, the voice of a gentleman, thick and a trifle rough though it sounded.
 
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