interestingly
adverb /ˈɪntrəstɪŋli/, /ˈɪntrestɪŋli/
/ˈɪntrəstɪŋli/, /ˈɪntrestɪŋli/
- in a way that attracts your attention because it is special, exciting or unusual
- Interestingly, there are very few recorded cases of such attacks.
Language Bank surprisingsurprisingHighlighting interesting data- What is surprising about these results is that boys are more likely to be left-handed than girls.
- Surprisingly, boys are more likely to be left-handed than girls.
- Interestingly, even when both parents are left-handed, there is still only a 26 per cent chance of their children being left-handed.
- One of the most interesting findings is that only 2 per cent of the left-handers surveyed have two left-handed parents.
- It is interesting to note that people are more likely to be left-handed if their mother is left-handed than if their father is.
- The most striking feature of these results is that left-handed mothers are more likely to have left-handed children.