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curiously /ˈkjʊərɪəsli /adverb1In a way that shows eagerness to know or learn something: neighbours peered curiously through windows at me...- I peered curiously out the window, wondering who on earth would knock on my door.
- What's his real name?" I inquired curiously.
- They linger, gazing curiously at the portraits and asking questions.
2In a strange and unusual way: the sentence is curiously worded [sentence adverb]: curiously, I find snooker riveting...- The single burned match has a curiously forlorn feeling.
- The stone cages have a curiously sensual, primeval quality, like the ancient dry stone walls in fields.
- Curiously, for a building of such importance, the parliamentary campus has a limited presence on the Royal Mile.
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